Reassessing the need for prophylactic surgery in patients with porcelain gallbladder case series and systematic review of the literature

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1143-1147

  Khan, Zarrish S ^a   Livingston, Edward H ^a   Huerta, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PORCELAIN GALLBLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054726405     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.257     Document Type: Article

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