A comparative study of postendoscopic sphincterotomy complications with various types of electrosurgical current in patients with choledocholithiasis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-197

  Stefanidis, Gerasimos ^a   Karamanolis, George ^a   Viazis, Nikos ^a   Sgouros, Spiros ^a   Papadopoulou, Efthimia ^a   Ntatsakis, Konstantinos ^a   Mantides, Apostolos ^a   Nastos, Helias ^a  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037327180     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.61     Document Type: Article

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