Towards T-tube free laparoscopic bile duct exploration: A methodologic evolution during 300 consecutive procedures

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Martin, I J ^a,b   Bailey, I S ^a   Rhodes, M ^a   O'Rourke, N ^a   Nathanson, L ^a   Fielding, G ^a  

^a Wesley Urogynaecology   (Australia)

^b Morris Towers   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; T TUBE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMON BILE DUCT; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 0032470629     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199807000-00005     Document Type: Article

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