Management of patients with gallstones and ductal calculi

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9335, 2002, Pages 739-740

  Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037036975     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09946-4     Document Type: Note

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