Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with cirrhosis of the liver and symptomatic cholelithiasis

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-345

  Pavlidis, Theodoros E ^a   Symeonidis, Nikolaos G ^a   Psarras, Kyriakos ^a   Skouras, Christos ^a   Kontoulis, Theodoros M ^a   Ballas, Konstantinos ^a   Rafailidis, Savas F ^a   Marakis, Georgios N ^a   Sakantamis, Athanasios K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis gallstone disease; Gallbladder; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Liver cirrhosis; Surgical care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350306567     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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