Percutaneous cholecystostomy is a definitive treatment for acute cholecystitis in elderly high-risk patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 524-527

  Li, Min ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Ji, Wu ^a   Quan, Zhufu ^a   Wan, Xinbo ^a   Wu, Xingjiang ^a   Li, Jieshou ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877799650     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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