CURRENT TRENDS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Gallstone disease is still a major health problem worldwide. Open cholecystectomy was the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones for more than 100 years. The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the late 1980s has led to dramatic changes in the management of gallstone disease. The...

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Autor principal: Al-Mulhim, Abdulmohsen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23008571
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description Gallstone disease is still a major health problem worldwide. Open cholecystectomy was the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones for more than 100 years. The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the late 1980s has led to dramatic changes in the management of gallstone disease. The aim of this review is to equip the general practitioner with the answers to questions a patient may ask about the current management of gallstones.
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spelling pubmed-34370912012-09-24 CURRENT TRENDS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY Al-Mulhim, Abdulmohsen A. J Family Community Med Review Article Gallstone disease is still a major health problem worldwide. Open cholecystectomy was the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones for more than 100 years. The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the late 1980s has led to dramatic changes in the management of gallstone disease. The aim of this review is to equip the general practitioner with the answers to questions a patient may ask about the current management of gallstones. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC3437091/ /pubmed/23008571 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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CURRENT TRENDS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
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title_full CURRENT TRENDS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
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title_short CURRENT TRENDS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
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