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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Main Authors: Recep Aktimur, Ali Kagan Gokakin, Koksal Deveci, Mustafa Atabey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: GESDAV 2016-03-01
Series:Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=194080