Outcomes of emergency common bile duct exploration: Impact of preoperative endoscopic decompression

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 376-380

  Koh, Joyce S B ^a   Chow, Pierce K H ^a   Chung, Alexander Y F ^a   Ooi, Lucien P J ^a   Wong, Wai Keong ^a   Fook Chong, Stephanie ^a   Soo, Khee Chee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute cholangitis; Common bile duct exploration; Emergency surgery; Endoscopic biliary decompression; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042346329     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.t01-1-02651.x     Document Type: Review

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