Risk factors for conversion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Retrospective analysis of ten years' experience at a single tertiary referral centre

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-55

  Sultan, Ahmad M ^a   El Nakeeb, Ayman ^a   Elshehawy, Talaat ^a   Elhemmaly, Mohamed ^a   Elhanafy, Ehab ^a   Atef, Ehab ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Conversion rate; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Risk factors for conversion

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EGYPT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EGYPT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876803273     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000347164     Document Type: Article

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