Open AccessOutcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a secondary level of care in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Abdulrahman S. Al-Mulhim,
Tarek Tawfik Amin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.74484
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , general surgery , cholecystectomy , american society of anesthesiologists , acute cholecystitis , cholecystitis , body mass index , surgery , gallbladder disease , gallbladder , complication , laparoscopy , abdominal surgery
The first option for gallbladder surgery is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of this study is to analyze the outcomes for all patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a secondary level of care.