MORTALITY OF URGENCY VERSUS ELECTIVE VIDEOLAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS

ABSTRACT Background: Surgical approach is still controversial in patients with acute cholecystitis: to treat clinically the inflammatory process and operate electively later or to operate immediately on an emergency basis? Aim: To test the hypothesis that urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acu...

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Main Authors: Saulo José Oliveira FELÍCIO, Ediriomar Peixoto MATOS, Antonio Maurício CERQUEIRA, Kurt Wolfgang Schindler Freire de FARIAS, Ramon de Assis SILVA, Mateus de Oliveira TORRES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2017-03-01
Series:ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202017000100047&tlng=pt