Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for people with acute cholecystitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^a   Davidson, Christopher ^a   Gluud, Christian ^b   Davidson, Brian R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN SURGERY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; WORK; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84891686822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005440.pub3     Document Type: Review

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