Reasons and risk factors for intraoperative conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy

Surgery Today

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-83

  Yajima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kanai, Hideki ^a   Son, Kyonsu ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Atsugi City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Complications; Intraoperative conversion; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADHESION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; DUODENAL BULB INJURY; DUODENUM DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84891743688     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0465-5     Document Type: Article

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