Is laparoscopic cholecystectomy more challenging in male patients?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2236-2240

  Ambe, Peter ^a   Esfahani, Babak Janghorban ^a   Tasci, Ibrahim ^a   Christ, Hildegard ^b   Köhler, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystolithiasis; Conversion to open surgery; Gallbladder disease; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 79960407035     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1539-3     Document Type: Article

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