Short-acting general anaesthesia facilitates therapeutic ERCP in frail elderly patients with benign extra-hepatic biliary disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-454

  Cocking, J B ^a   Ferguson, Ann ^a   Mukherjee, S K ^a   Giancola, G ^a  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; General anaesthesia; Therapeutic ERCP

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MELENA; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0033999737     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012040-00014     Document Type: Article

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