Routine laparoscopic ultrasound can significantly reduce the need for selective intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-274

  Machi, J ^a,b   Oishi, A J ^a   Tajiri, T ^a   Murayama, K M ^a   Furumoto, N L ^a   Oishi, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile duct injury; Bile duct stone; Cost; Intraoperative cholangiography; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Laparoscopic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY SLUDGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN;

EID: 33846322943     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0817-y     Document Type: Article

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