Bile leaks from the duct of Luschka (subvesical duct): A review

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 391, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Spanos, Constantine P ^a   Syrakos, Theodore ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bile leak; Cholecystectomy; Laparoscopic; Luschka; Subvesical duct

Indexed keywords

BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRAIN; FISTULOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HEPATIC DUCT; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33748431097     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-006-0078-9     Document Type: Review

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