Safety advantage of endocut mode over endoscopic sphincterotomy for choledocholithiasis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2086-2088

  Akiho, Hirotada ^a   Sumida, Yorinobu ^a   Akahoshi, Kazuya ^a   Murata, Atsuhiko ^a   Ouchi, Jiro ^a   Motomura, Yasuaki ^a   Toyomasu, Taisuke ^a   Kimura, Mitsuhide ^a   Kubokawa, Masaru ^a   Matsumoto, Masahiro ^a   Endo, Shingo ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Endocut mode; Endoscopic sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33646451560     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i13.2086     Document Type: Article

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