Almost routine prophylactic cholecystectomy during laparoscopic gastric bypass is safe

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-539

  Nougou, A ^a   Suter, M ^a,b  

^a Hopital du Chablais   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallstones; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROSIS; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BORON COMPOUNDS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; METHACRYLATES; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 43049112372     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9368-8     Document Type: Article

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