Cost-effective management of common bile duct stones: A decision analysis of the use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), intraoperative cholangiography, and laparoscopic bile duct exploration

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-13

  Urbach, D R ^a   Khajanchee, Y S ^a   Jobe, B A ^a   Standage, B A ^a   Hansen, P D ^a   Swanstrom, L L ^a  

^a Legacy Portland Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Common bile duct exploration; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Operative cholangiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GALLSTONES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; OREGON;

EID: 0035140783     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640000322     Document Type: Article

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