Cholecystectomy is an effective treatment for biliary dyskinesia

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 462-465

  Yost, Fredrick ^a   Margenthaler, Julie ^a   Presti, Michael ^a   Burton, Frank ^a   Murayama, Kenric ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; DISOFENIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DYSKINESIA; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; BILIARY DYSKINESIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033381688     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00228-7     Document Type: Article

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