Safety of cholecystectomy in the first 48 hours after admission for gallstone pancreatitis not yet proven

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1053-1054

  Bouwense, Stefan A W ^a   Bakker, Olaf J ^a   Van Santvoort, Hjalmar C ^a   Boerma, Djamila ^a   Van Ramshorst, Bert ^a   Gooszen, Hein G ^a   Besselink, Marc G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GALLSTONE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; PANCREATITIS; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954549762     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182172dd7     Document Type: Letter

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