Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A comparison of postoperative pulmonary function.

Upper abdominal surgery is associated with characteristic changes in pulmonary function which increase the risk of lower lobe atelectasis. Sixteen patients undergoing open cholecystectomy and 20 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were prospectively evaluated by pulmonary function tests...

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Main Authors: Frazee, R C, Roberts, J W, Okeson, G C, Symmonds, R E, Snyder, S K, Hendricks, J C, Smith, R W
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1358597/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1828139
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