Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Outcome and cost analyses of a case-matched control study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 987-993

  Breitenstein, Stefan ^a   Nocito, Antonio ^a   Puhan, Milo ^a   Held, Ulrike ^a   Weber, Markus ^a   Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449143584     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318172501f     Document Type: Article

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