title: [Intra- and postoperative complications in the surgical treatment of cholelithiasis].
abstract: The authors report their experience in biliary tract surgery. From 1974 throughout 1988, 1.186 patients underwent surgery and the commonest operation was cholecystectomy. The most significant complications and the causes of death are reported. Mortality rate was 0.82%.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale S. Maria degli Angeli, Putignano, Ba.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinzello
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mongelli
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Custodero
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Catucci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lefemine
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Complicanze intra e postoperatorie nel trattamento chirurgico della colelitiasi.