Acute laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Preferred treatment for acute biliary disease

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 771-774

  Zargar Shoshtari, Kamran ^a   Short, Heather ^a   Poole, Garth H ^a   Hill, Andrew G ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute biliary disease; Cholecystectomy; Gall bladder; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEPSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50249148374     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04647.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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