Conversion to open surgery in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Changing rates and reasons in geriatric patients
Objective: Compared to open surgery; laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard of care for the treatment of cholelithiasis at any age over the last two decades. In the present study, the aim was to identify and to compare the rates and reasons involved in conversion to open procedure in e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-03-01
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Series: | Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=194080 |