Low ninety-day re-admission rates after emergency and elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a district general hospital

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-310

  Down, Sue K ^a   Nicolic, Marko ^b   Abdulkarim, Hibba ^b   Skelton, Nick ^a   Harris, Adrian H ^a   Koak, Yashwant ^a  

^a HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital re admission; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953647323     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12664192075053     Document Type: Article

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