Trends in surgical management for acute cholecystitis

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-289

  Csikesz, Nicholas G ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549095029     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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