Postoperative ERCP versus laparoscopic choledochotomy for clearance of selected bile duct calculi: A randomized trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-192

  Nathanson, Leslie K ^a,c   O'Rourke, Nicholas A ^a   Martin, Ian J ^b   Fielding, George A ^a   Cowen, Alistair E ^a   Roberts, Roderick K ^a   Kendall, Bradley J ^a   Kerlin, Paul ^b   Devereux, Benedict M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT FIBROSIS; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC DUCT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22744457489     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000171035.57236.d7     Document Type: Article

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