Management of T tubes for common bile duct stones: A new technique

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-282

  Stein, David E ^a   Sclafani, Salvatore J A ^a   Kral, John G ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary tract drainage; Choledocholithiasis; Common bile duct exploration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COLOSTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T TUBE;

ADULT; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031949377     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018612     Document Type: Article

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