Are natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery and single-incision surgery viable techniques for cholecystectomy?

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Pollard, James Scott ^a,b   Fung, Andrew Kai Yip ^c   Ahmed, Irfan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856677490     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2011.0341     Document Type: Review

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