Cholecystectomy after endoscopic sphincterotomy for common bile duct stones: Is surgery necessary?

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-194

  Harris, Hobart W ^a   Davis, Brian R ^b   Vitale, Gary C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Choledocholithiasis; Endoscopic sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 27744452763     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060501200302     Document Type: Review

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