Endoscopic retrogade cholangiopancreatography is safe and effective method for diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic disorders in octogenarians

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-202

  Thomopoulos, Konstantinos C ^a   Vagenas, K ^a   Assimakopoulos, S F ^a   Giannikoulis, C ^a   Arvaniti, V ^a   Pagoni, N ^a   Nikolopoulou, V N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BLEEDING; CANCER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447511630     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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