Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 427 adults with sickle cell disease: A single-center experience

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1599-1602

  Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman S ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdulmohsen A ^b  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cholelithiasis; Conversion; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Morbidity; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; CHOLELITHIASIS; EVALUATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349786257     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0501-8     Document Type: Article

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