The cost of ignoring acute cholecystectomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-42

  Garner, Jeff P ^a,b,c   Sood, S K ^a   Robinson, J ^a   Barber, W ^a   Ravi, K ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b The Rotherham Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Cost; Emergency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349101337     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X359079     Document Type: Article

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