Gall bladder disease in Trinidad
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
; 31(2): 98-99, Apr. 1986. gra
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-17108
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Localização: TT5; W1 JO95Y
ABSTRACT
In Trinidad, cholecystectomy is now the most common elective intra-abdominal operation performed by the general surgeon. A review of 220 patients shows that gall bladder disease affects our population at a much younger age (average 43.8 years) than that reported for Caucasisans in the United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. The female to male ration (8.61) is one of the highest reported. There is no race predisposition to the disease, which is evenly distributed between the two major ethnic groups represented in the population. In this population, first pregnancy at an early age and multiparity seem to be the important factors which predispose the young female to cholelithiasis(AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Trinidad e Tobago
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Colecistectomia
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Colelitíase
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Região do Caribe
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Port of Spain General Hospital/Trinidad and Tobago
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The University of the West Indies/Trinidad and Tobago