Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is safe and effective in patients 90 years of age and older

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-74

  Mitchell, Robert Michael Stephen ^a,b   O'Connor, Frank ^a   Dickey, William ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Elderly; ERCP; Gallstones; Jaundice

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037215110     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200301000-00019     Document Type: Review

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