Sphincterotomy in patients with gallstones, elevated LFTs and a normal CBD on ERCP

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1242-1245

  Siddique, Iqbal ^a   Mohan, Krishna ^b   Khajah, Abdulkareem ^b   Hasan, Fuad ^a   Memon, Anjum ^a   Kalaoui, Maher ^b   Al Shamali, Mohammad ^a   Patty, Istvan ^b   Al Nakib, Basil ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Cholelithiasis; Common bile duct instrumentation; Common bile duct stones; Elevated liver function tests; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Gallstones; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT STONE; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141540531     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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