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IMPORTANCE OF EARLY SURGERY IN BILIARY‐TRACT DISEASE
Author(s) -
Case Thomas C.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02211.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary tract , disease , surgery , biliary disease , general surgery
Three case reports are presented on patients (ages, 71, 90 and 91) with long‐standing biliary disease who were successfully treated by surgery. However, the hazards and complications described might have been avoided if surgery had been undertaken earlier in life when the patients were in better physical condition to withstand the stress.