A prospective single-blinded controlled study comparing laparoscopic ultrasound of the common bile duct with operative cholangiography

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-219

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

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Ultrasound cholangiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037315136     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8911-x     Document Type: Article

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