Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: The value of MELD score and ChildPugh classification in predicting outcome

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-412

  Delis, Spiros ^a,b   Bakoyiannis, Andreas ^b   Madariaga, Juan ^a   Bramis, John ^c   Tassopoulos, Nikos ^d   Dervenis, Christos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d Western Attica General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; MELD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 77649191966     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0588-y     Document Type: Article

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