Assessment of indicators for predicting choledocholithiasis before laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 511-513

  Alam, Mohammed K ^a,b  

^a Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032469757     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.511     Document Type: Article

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