A case of complex hepatolithiasis successfully treated with a systematic approach

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 3083-3086

  Sato, Motomichi ^a   Watanabe, Yuji ^a   Tokui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Yashima, Akihide ^a   Murakami, Makoto ^a   Hirose, Masahiro ^a   Kawachi, Kanji ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Hepatolithiasis; Laser lithotripsy; Liver; Percutaneous transhepatic choledochoscopy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LIVER ABSCESS; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032785831     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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