Management of limy bile syndrome: No therapy, laparotomy or endoscopic treatment?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Itoh, Hidekazu ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate precipitation; Common bile duct; Endoscopic treatment; Gallbladder; Limy bile syndrome; Management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIMY BILE SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0037289457     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1     Document Type: Editorial

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