Acute cholangitis and pancreatitis secondary to common duct stones: Management update

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1155-1161

  Raraty, Michael G T ^a   Finch, Margaret ^a   Neoptolemos, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031667371     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900535     Document Type: Article

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