Is Surgical Cholecystectomy Better than Percutaneous in Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Patients Unfit for Surgery?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1542-1543

  Zerem, Enver ^a   Omerović, Safet ^b   Imširović, Bilal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b General Hospital Mostar   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c Cantonal Hospital Zenica   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84880135453     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2205-6     Document Type: Letter

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