Acute cholecystitis: When is the best time for laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Condilis, Nicolas ^b   Sikalias, Nicolas ^a   Mountzalia, Lamprini ^a   Vasilopoulos, John ^a   Koynnos, Christos ^a   Kotsifas, Theodoros ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^b General Practitioner   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53049087018     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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