Is early laparoscopic cholecystectomy a safe procedure in patients when the duration of acute cholecystitis is more than three days?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 113, 2012, Pages 10-12

  Wu, Jin Ming ^a   Wu, Yao Ming ^a   Lee, Chih Yuan ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Lin, Ming Tsan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Chronic cholecystitis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BILE COMPOSITION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBHEPATIC ABSCESS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863237739     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge10040     Document Type: Article

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