Risk factors for litigation following major transectional bile duct injury sustained at laparoscopic cholecystectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2635-2641

  Perera, M T P R ^a   Silva, M A ^a   Shah, A J ^a   Hardstaff, R ^a   Bramhall, S R ^a   Issac, J ^a   Buckels, J A C ^a   Mirza, D F ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952641227     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0725-8     Document Type: Article

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