Randomized clinical trial of small-incision and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis: Primary and clinical outcomes

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-377

  Keus, Frederik ^a,c   Werner, Johanna E M ^a,d   Gooszen, Hein G ^b   Oostvogel, Henk J M ^a   Van Laarhoven, Cornelis J H M ^a  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449102218     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.4.371     Document Type: Article

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