Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotics: A prospective randomized study comparing the conventional diathermy and the harmonic scalpel for gallbladder dissection

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Bessa, Samer S ^a   Abdel Razek, Alaa H ^a   Sharaan, Mohamed A ^a   Bassiouni, Ahmed E ^a   El Khishen, Mahmoud A ^a   El Kayal, El Saed A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BLEEDING; CHEST INFECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951703474     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0255     Document Type: Article

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