Surgical Rates and Operative Mortality for Open and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Maryland
- 10 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 330 (6) , 403-408
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199402103300607
Abstract
Since 1989, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been widely adopted as a treatment for gallstone disease. We analyzed the association between the introduction of this procedure and three variables: the rate at which cholecystectomy was performed in Maryland, the characteristics of patients undergoing cholecystectomy in routine clinical practice, and operative mortality.Keywords
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