Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the elderly and young: A comparative study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 113, 2012, Pages 22-25

  Qasaimeh, Ghazi Raji ^a   Banihani, Mohammed N ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Conversion; Elderly; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMON BILE DUCT DILATATION; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JORDAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858198809     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge10198     Document Type: Article

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