Laparoscopic bile duct exploration: Results of 160 consecutive cases with 2-year follow up

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 440-445

  Taylor, Craig J ^a,b   Kong, Justin ^a   Ghusn, Michael ^a,b   White, Stephen ^a,b   Crampton, Nick ^a,b   Layani, Laurent ^a,b  

^a Tweed Hospital   (Australia)

^b John Flynn Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bile duct exploration; Choledocholithiasis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Gallstone; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE STUDY; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248374331     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04091.x     Document Type: Article

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