Management of choledocholithiasis in the era of laparoscopic surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-431

  Hawasli, Abdelkader ^a,b   Lloyd, Larry ^a   Cacucci, Brenda ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bon Secours Hospital Grosse Pointe   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034078652     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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