Is there a significant increase in bile duct width after cholecystectomy?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 961-964

  Hammarström, Lars Erik ^a   Holmin, Torsten ^b  

^a Dept of Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030821237     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709011210     Document Type: Review

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