Gallstone disease in the elderly: Are older patients managed differently?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-61

  Bergman, Simon ^d   Sourial, Nadia ^a,b   Vedel, Isabelle ^a,b   Hanna, Wael C ^b   Fraser, Shannon A ^b   Newman, Daniel ^a   Bilek, Aaron J ^a   Galatas, Christos ^a   Marek, Jonah E ^a   Monette, Johanne ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Clinical papers trials research; Elderly; Gallstone disease; Nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 79251620660     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1128-5     Document Type: Article

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