Surgery vs endoscopy as primary treatment in symptomatic patients with suspected common bile duct stones. A multicenter randomized trial

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 702-708

  Suc, Bertrand ^a   Escat, Jean ^a   Cherqui, Daniel ^b   Fourtanier, Gilles ^a   Hay, Jean Marie ^c   Fingerhut, Abe ^d   Millat, Bertrand ^e  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^d Hôpital Léon Touladjian   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031878323     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.7.702     Document Type: Article

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