2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ansaloni, L ^a   Pisano, M ^a   Coccolini, F ^a   Peitzmann, A B ^b   Fingerhut, A ^c   Catena, F ^d   Agresta, F ^e   Allegri, A ^a   Bailey, I ^f   Balogh, Z J ^g   Bendinelli, C ^g   Biffl, W ^h   Bonavina, L ⁱ   Borzellino, G ^j   Brunetti, F ^k   Burlew, C C ^l   Camapanelli, G ^m   Campanile, F C ⁿ   Ceresoli, M ^a   Chiara, O ^o   Civil, I ^p   Coimbra, R ^q   De Moya, M ^r   Di Saverio, S ^s   Fraga, G P ^t   Gupta, S ^u   Kashuk, J ^v   Kelly, M D ^w   Koka, V ^x   Jeekel, H ^y   Latifi, R ^z   Leppaniemi, A ^aa   Maier, R V ^ab   Marzi, I ^ac   Moore, F ^ad   Piazzalunga, D ^a   Sakakushev, B ^ae   Sartelli, M ^af   Scalea, T ^ag   Stahel, P F ^ah   Taviloglu, K ^ai   Tugnoli, G ^s   Uraneus, S ^c   Velmahos, G C ^aj   Wani, I ^ak   Weber, D G ^al   Viale, P ^am   Sugrue, M ^an   Ivatury, R ^ao   Kluger, Y ^ap   Gurusamy, K S ^aq   Moore, E E ^ai   more..

^a PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e Adria Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^k HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

ⁿ Department of Surgery   (Italy)

^o OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^p AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^r HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^u GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^v TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^w CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^x Department of Surgery   (Belarus)

^y ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^aa Meilahti Hospital   (Finland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ac GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST GEORGE   (Bulgaria)

^af Macerata's Hospital   (Italy)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ah DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ai Taviloglu Proctology Center   (Turkey)

^aj MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ak DHS   (India)

^al UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^am UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^an LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^ao VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ap Rambam Health Care Campus   (Israel)

^aq UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Abdominal infections; Acute calcolous cholecystitis; Antibiotic; Biliary tree stones; Cholecystectomy; Diagnosis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Gallbladder percutaneous drainage; Magnetic resonance; Surgical risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975117261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0082-5     Document Type: Review

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