Comparative operative outcomes of early and delayed cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: A population-based propensity score analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-15

  De Mestral, Charles ^a,c   Rotstein, Ori D ^b   Laupacis, Andreas ^b,c   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^b,c   Zagorski, Brandon ^c   Alali, Aziz S ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^a,b,c  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Bile duct injury; Delayed cholecystectomy; Early cholecystectomy; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE DUCT RECONSTRUCTION; CANADA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891619107     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5cf36     Document Type: Article

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