Single-operator duodenoscope-assisted cholangioscopy is an effective alternative in the management of choledocholithiasis not removed by conventional mehods, including mechanical lithotripsy

Endoscopy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 542-547

  Farrell, J J ^a   Bounds, B C ^b   Al Shalabi, S ^b   Jacobson, B C ^b   Brugge, W R ^b   Schapiro, R H ^b   Kelsey, P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DUODENOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; DUODENOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144364943     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-861306     Document Type: Article

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