An algorithm for the management of bile leak following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Ahmad, Fateh ^a   Saunders, R N ^a   Lloyd, G M ^a   Lloyd, D M ^a   Robertson, G S M ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile leak; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT EMPYEMA; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREATITIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BILE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846277184     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X160864     Document Type: Article

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