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Emphysematous cholecystitis successfully treated by laparoscopic surgery

Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is an uncommon variant of acute cholecystitis, which is caused by secondary infection of the gallbladder wall with gas-forming organisms. The mortality rate of EC is still as high as 25%. Emergency surgical intervention is indicated. Open cholecystectomy has been tra...

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Autores principales: Katagiri, Hideki, Yoshinaga, Yasuo, Kanda, Yukihiro, Mizokami, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3998211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24876461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju027