Methods, indications, and results of percutaneous choledochoscopy: A series of 161 procedures

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-36

  Ponchon, Thierry ^a   Genin, Gilles ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Henry, Luc ^a   Bory, Roger M ^a   Bodnar, Dominique ^a   Valette, Pierre Jean ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BIOPSY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030034143     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199601000-00005     Document Type: Article

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