Cholecystectomy in the Very Elderly-Is 90 the New 70?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 282-285

  Dubecz, Attila ^a   Langer, Miriam ^a   Stadlhuber, Rudolf J ^a   Schweigert, Michael ^a   Solymosi, Norbert ^b   Feith, Marcus ^c   Stein, Hubert J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystectomy; Nonagenarians

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856228300     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1708-2     Document Type: Article

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