Spontaneous passage of bile duct stones: Frequency of occurrence and relation to clinical presentation

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-177

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

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile duct stones; Biliary colic; Cholangitis; Cholecystitis; Pancreatitis; Spontaneous passage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0038737062     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321661325     Document Type: Article

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