Patient experience with gallstone disease in a national health service district hospital

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Balakrishnan, Santosh ^a   Samdani, Tushar ^a   Singhal, Tarun ^a   Hussain, Abdulzahra ^a   Grandy Smith, Starlene ^a   Nicholls, Jacqueline ^a   El Hasani, Shamsi ^a  

^a South London Healthcare NHS Trust Farnborough Common   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallstones; Laparoscopic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; GALLSTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 63249107725     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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