Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without routine operative cholangiography does not result in significant problems related to retained stones

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 592-595

  Thornton, D J A ^a   Robertson, A ^a   Alexander, D J ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; Choledocholithiasis; Jaundice; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TROCAR; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 0036201165     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-9158-7     Document Type: Article

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