Biliary peritonitis due to fistulous tract rupture following a T-tube removal

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1217, 2005, Pages

  Sakorafas, George H ^a,b   Stafyla, Vania ^a   Tsiotos, Gregory G ^a  

^a Hellenic Air Force Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; T TUBE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CATHETERIZATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILIARY FISTULA; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944482814     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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