Needle-knife papillotomy: A safe and effective technique in experienced hands

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2004, Pages 349-352

  Katsinelos, P ^a   Mimidis, K ^a   Paroutoglou, G ^a   Christodoulou, K ^a   Pilpilidis, I ^a   Katsiba, D ^a   Kalomenopoulou, M ^a   Papagiannis, A ^a   Tsolkas, P ^a   Kapitsinis, I ^a   Xiarchos, P ^a   Beltsis, A ^a   Eugenidis, N ^b,c  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Ippokration Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Needle knife papillotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY COLIC; BLEEDING; CANNULATION; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDLE KNIFE PAPILLOTOMY; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VATER PAPILLOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 11144357358     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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