Electrohydraulic lithotripsy in 111 patients: A safe and effective therapy for difficult bile duct stones

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2330-2334

  Arya, Naveen ^b   Nelles, Sandra E ^b   Haber, Gregory B ^a   Kim, Young In ^b   Kortan, Paul K ^b  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY LEAK; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGITIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144313000     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40251.x     Document Type: Review

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