Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis: An analysis of the risk factors

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 62-70

  Botaitis, S ^a   Pitiakoudis, M ^a   Perente, S ^a   Tripsianis, G ^a   Polychronidis, A ^a   Simopoulos, C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866973952     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAJS.1284     Document Type: Article

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