Pure versus mixed electrosurgical current for endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy: a meta-analysis of adverse outcomes

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-290

  Verma, Dharmendra ^a   Kapadia, Asha ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROSURGERY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 34447529042     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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