Outcomes of cholecystectomy for treatment of acute cholecystitis in octogenarians

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 943-948

  Nikfarjam, Mehrdad ^a   Yeo, David ^a   Perini, Marcos ^a   Fink, Michael A ^a   Muralidharan, Vijayaragavan ^a   Starkey, Graham ^a   Jones, Robert M ^a   Christophi, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common bile duct stone; Laparoscopy complication; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925860362     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12313     Document Type: Article

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