Selective preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with sphincterotomy avoids bile duct exploration during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Gut

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 576-579

  Welbourn, C R B ^a   Mehta, D ^a   Armstrong, C P ^b   Gear, M W L ^c   Eyre Brook, I A ^a  

^a MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endoscopic retrograde cholangiography; gall stone; laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028892668     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.37.4.576     Document Type: Article

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