Patient value is superior with early surgery for acute cholecystitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-17

  Pitt, Henry A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHOCK;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84891592196     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000428     Document Type: Editorial

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