The laparoscopic finding of pericholedochitis at cholecystectomy predicts the presence of unsuspected bile duct stones

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 120-126

  Vracko, Jozef ^a,c   Wiechel, Karl Ludvig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bile duct stones; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Nonbacteriologic cholangitis; Pancreatic juice reflux; Pericholedochitis; Unsuspected bile duct stones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034084862     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200006000-00002     Document Type: Article

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