Urgent cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in a district general hospital - Is it feasible?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  Khan, M N ^a,b   Nordon, I ^a   Ghauri, A S K ^a   Ranaboldo, C ^a   Carty, N ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Care pathway; Complications; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Urgent cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REOPERATION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349103734     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X359024     Document Type: Article

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