Unusual cases of acute cholecystitis and cholangitis: Tokyo guidelines

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-113

  Yasuda, Hideki ^a   Takada, Tadahiro ^b   Kawarada, Yoshifumi ^c   Nimura, Yuji ^d   Hirata, Koichi ^e   Kimura, Yasutoshi ^e   Wada, Keita ^b   Miura, Fumihiko ^b   Hirota, Masahiko ^f   Mayumi, Toshihiko ^g   Yoshida, Masahiro ^b   Nagino, Masato ^d   Yamashita, Yuichi ^h   Hilvano, Serafin C ⁱ   Kim, Sun Whe ^j  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^j Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholangitis; Geriatric biliary tract infection; Pediatric biliary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PROGNOSIS;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOKYO;

EID: 33846672734     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-006-1162-9     Document Type: Article

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