Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in older patients: Clinical experience from 56 consecutive patients in a rural community hospital in Taiwan

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Su, Hou Yu ^a   Lee, Wei Jei ^b  

^a Lotung St Mary's Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Elderly; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Rural community hospital

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY PERITONITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549122750     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a4d0ca     Document Type: Article

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