A randomised controlled trial of endoscopic sphincterotomy in acute cholangitis without common bile duct stones

Gut

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-247

  Hui, C K ^a   Lai, K C ^a   Wong, W M ^a   Yuen, M F ^a   Lam, S K ^a   Lai, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036070983     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.2.245     Document Type: Article

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