Systematic review: Open, small-incision or laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-378

  Keus, F ^a,b   Gooszen, H G ^c   Van Laarhoven, C J H M ^a,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INCISION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149284234     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03894.x     Document Type: Review

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