Surgical management of acute cholecystitis at a tertiary care center in the modern era

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 439-444

  Wiseman, Jason T ^a   Sharuk, Maia N ^a   Singla, Anand ^a   Cahan, Mitchell ^a   Litwin, Demetrius E M ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERN TIMES; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952330675     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.54     Document Type: Article

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