Metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and endoscopic sphincterotomy for the treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3211-3214

  Sharma, Virender K ^a   Howden, Colin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032704448     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00579-1     Document Type: Article

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