Percutaneous transhepatic small-caliber choledochoscopic lithotomy: A safe and effective technique for percutaneous transhepatic common bile duct exploration in high-risk elderly patients

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-217

  Ogawa, Kaoru ^a   Ohkubo, Hironao ^a   Abe, Wataru ^a   Maekawa, Takeo ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Choledochoscopy; Electrohydraulic lithotripsy; Lithotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLEDOCHOSCOPIC LITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036079175     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340200021     Document Type: Article

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