Usefulness of gallbladder ejection fraction estimation to predict the recurrence of biliary pain in patients with symptomatic gallstones who did not undergo cholecystectomy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 820-827

  Hong, Sung Noh ^a   Lee, Jong Kyun ^a   Lee, Kyu Taek ^a   Heo, Jin Seok ^a   Choi, Seong Ho ^a   Rhee, Poong Lyul ^a   Paik, Seung Woon ^a   Yoo, Byung Chul ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biliary pain; cholecystectomy; gallbladder ejection fraction; gallstones; symptomatic gallstones

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; COLIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 3042765871     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000030094.84619.22     Document Type: Article

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