Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy: Report of 3 cases

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-441

  MacHado, Norman Oneil ^a   MacHado, Lovina S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Pregnancy; Third trimester

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949110938     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181c30fed     Document Type: Article

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