Small gallstones are associated with increased risk of acute pancreatitis: Potential benefits of prophylactic cholecystectomy?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2540-2550

  Venneman, Niels G ^a   Buskens, Erik ^a   Besselink, Marc G H ^a   Stads, Susanne ^a   Go, Peter M N Y H ^b   Bosscha, Koop ^c   Van Berge Henegouwen, Gerard P ^a   Van Erpecum, Karel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PANCREATITIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644652569     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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