Persistent and de novo symptoms after cholecystectomy: A systematic review of cholecystectomy effectiveness

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 709-718

  Lamberts, Mark P ^a   Lugtenberg, Marjolein ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Roukema, Anne J ^b   Drenth, Joost P H ^a   Westert, Gert P ^a   Van Laarhoven, Cornelis J H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Cholecystolithiasis; Persistent symptoms; Review; Symptoms de novo

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; BLOATING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERUCTATION; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

EID: 84878890010     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2516-9     Document Type: Review

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