Laparoscopic cholecystectomy-comparison of early postoperative results in an Australian rural centre and a German university hospital

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-260

  Wichmann, Matthias W ^a,b   Lang, Reinhold ^b   Beukes, Eben ^a   Esufali, Shaukat T ^a   Jauch, Karl Walter ^b   Hüttl, Tanyia K ^c   Hüttl, Thomas P ^b  

^a Mount Gambier General Hospital   (Australia)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Length of stay; Outcome; Systems of patient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; GALLSTONE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954681924     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0569-6     Document Type: Article

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