Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for mild gallstone pancreatitis: Time for a paradigm shift

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1031-1035

  Falor, Ann E ^a   De Virgilio, Christian ^a   Stabile, Bruce E ^a   Kaji, Amy H ^a   Caton, Amy ^a   Kokubun, Brent A ^b   Schmit, Paul J ^b   Thompson, Jesse E ^b   Saltzman, Darin J ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84869395804     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1473     Document Type: Article

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