Endoscopic sphincterotomy for stones by experts is safe, even in younger patients with normal ducts

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-204

  Cotton, Peter B ^a   Geenen, Joseph E ^c   Sherman, Stuart ^d   Cunningham, John T ^a   Howell, Douglas A ^e   Carr Locke, David L ^f   Nickl, Nicholas J ^g   Hawes, Robert H ^d   Lehman, Glen A ^d   Ferrari, A ^f   Slivka, Adam ^f   Lichtenstein, David R ^f   Baillie, John ^b   Jowell, Paul S ^b   Lail, Laura M ^b   Evangelou, Harry ^a   Bosco, John J ^e   Hanson, Brian L ^e   Hoffman, Brenda J ^a   Rahaman, Soroya M ^d   Male, Rene ^d   more..

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BILE DUCTS; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 0031885342     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199802000-00008     Document Type: Article

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