Stenting or surgery for treatment of irretrievable common bile duct calculi in elderly patients?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 390-393

  De Palma, Giovanni D ^a   Catanzano, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033452894     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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