Predictors of unsuccessful mechanical lithotripsy and endoscopic clearance of large bile duct stones

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 601-605

  Garg, Pramod Kumar ^a,b   Tandon, Rakesh Kumar ^a,b   Ahuja, Vineet ^a,b   Makharia, Govind Kumar ^a,b   Batra, Yogesh ^a,b  

^a All India Inst of Medical Sciences ^*

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 2342500956     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00295-0     Document Type: Article

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