The case for standardisation of the management of gallstones spilled and not retrieved at laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-312

  Mullerat, J ^a   Cooper, K ^a   Box, B ^b   Soin, B ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Spilled gallstones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPILLED GALLSTONE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DISCLOSURE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 44649113209     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X285883     Document Type: Article

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