Comparison of endoscopic sphincterotomy and laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1495-1504

  Tranter, S E ^a   Thompson, M H ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEROBILIA; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE REFLUX; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMON BILE DUCT; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENUM PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036445980     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02291.x     Document Type: Review

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