Intraoperative Cholangiography and Risk of Common Bile Duct Injury during Cholecystectomy

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1639-1644

  Flum, David R ^a,b   Dellinger, E Patchen ^b   Cheadle, Allen ^a   Chan, Leighton ^b,c   Koepsell, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ctrs for Med/Med Serv Reg 10   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; INJURY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037414217     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.13.1639     Document Type: Article

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