Is early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis preferable to delayed surgery?. Best evidence topic (BET).

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 250-258

  Skouras, Christos ^a   Jarral, Omar ^b   Deshpande, Rahul ^c   Zografos, George ^d   Habib, Nagy ^e   Zacharakis, Emmanouil ^f  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Acute gallstone disease; Best evidence topic; Delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861692563     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.04.012     Document Type: Review

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