Surgical clips found at the hepatic duct after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A possible case of clip migration

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 279-282

  Ahn, Seung Ik ^a   Lee, Keon Young ^a   Kim, Sei Joong ^a   Cho, Eung Ho ^a   Choi, Sun Keun ^a   Hur, Yoon Seok ^a   Cho, Young Up ^a   Hong, Kee Chun ^a   Shin, Seok Hwan ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Woo, Ze Hong ^a   Jeong, Seok ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clip; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Migration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIP; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 27244433623     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000183257.27303.4e     Document Type: Article

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