Role of quantitative cholescintigraphy for planning laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with gallbladder dyskinesia and chronic abdominal pain

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-19

  Paajanen, Hannu ^a   Miilunpohja, Sami ^a   Joukainen, Sarianna ^a   Heikkinen, Jari ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biliary colic; Cholescintigraphy; Chronic abdominal pain; Gallbadder dyskinesia; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

MEBROFENIN TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER DYSKINESIA; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEMORRHAGE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILIARY DYSKINESIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649992781     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31818eb2e5     Document Type: Article

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