What are really the true late complications of endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2699-2701

  Sheth, Sunil G ^a,b   Howell, Douglas A ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DUODENUM PERFORATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC BILIARY SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VATER PAPILLA;

EID: 0036841019     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.07051.x     Document Type: Editorial

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