Technical complications are rising as common duct exploration is becoming rare

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 426-433

  Livingston, Edward H ^a,b,c   Rege, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944471152     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.04.029     Document Type: Article

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