Endoscopic sphincterotomy and recurrence of acute pancreatitis in gallstone patients considered unfit for surgery

Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-31

  Uomo, Generoso ^a   Manes, Gianpiero ^a   Laccetti, Marco ^a   Cavallera, Antonietta ^a   Rabitti, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Biliary pancreatitis; Elderly patients; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Gallstone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031018769     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199701000-00005     Document Type: Article

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