Management of complicated gallstones: Results of an alternative approach to difficult cholecystectomies

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-315

  Lirici, Marco Maria ^a   Califano, Andrea ^a  

^a BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Chronic cholecystitis; Difficult cholecystectomies; Fundus first cholecystectomy; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Ultrasound dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957318187     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645706.2010.507339     Document Type: Article

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