Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: What is the price of conversion?

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-178

  Lengyel, Balazs I ^a   Panizales, Maria T ^a   Steinberg, Jill ^a   Ashley, Stanley W ^a   Tavakkoli, Ali ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864278355     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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