Patient evaluation and management with selective use of magnetic resonance cholangiography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-40

  Liu, T H ^a   Consorti, E T ^a   Kawashima, A ^a   Tamm, E P ^a   Kwong, K L ^a   Gill, B S ^a   Sellin, J H ^a   Peden, E K ^a   Mercer, D W ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; AMYLASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034940350     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200107000-00006     Document Type: Article

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