Does the addition of endoscopic sphincterotomy to stent insertion improve drainage of the bile duct in acute suppurative cholangitis?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-504

  Hui, Chee Kin ^a   Lai, Kam Chuen ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Ng, Matthew ^a   Chan, Chi Kuen ^a   Hu, Wayne ^a   Wong, Wai Man ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT PROSTHESIS; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141817904     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0016-5107(03)01871-6     Document Type: Article

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