Routine vs "on demand" postoperative ERCP for small bile duct calculi detected at intraoperative cholangiography: Clinical evaluation and cost analysis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1123-1126

  Ammori, B J ^a   Birbas, K ^a   Davides, D ^a   Vezakis, A ^a   Larvin, M ^a   McMahon, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; Choledocholithiasis; Cost analysis; ERCP; Gallbladder; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POLICY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034533693     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640000146     Document Type: Article

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