A 24-year controlled follow-up of patients with silent gallstones showed no long-term risk of symptoms or adverse events leading to cholecystectomy

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 949-954

  Schmidt, Malte ^a   Hausken, Trygve ^a   Glambek, Inge ^a   Schleer, Christoph ^b   Eide, Geir Egil ^c   Søndenaa, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biliary clinical; Functional disorders; Hepatobiliary clinical; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SILENT GALLSTONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960213852     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.571710     Document Type: Article

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