title: Biliary surgery in patients with sickle-cell anaemia.
abstract: The results of biliary surgery are reported in 12 consecutive patients with homozygous sickle-cell (SS) disease treated over a two-year period at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. Recommendations for the surgical management of these patients are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, U.W.I., Jamaica.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Paz
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Serjeant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies