Dropped gallstones and surgical clips after cholecystectomy: CT assessment

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 758-762

  Singh, Ajay K ^a,b,c   Levenson, Robin B ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^b   Hahn, Peter F ^b   Kandarpa, Krishna ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Dropped gallstones

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLIP-ON; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DROPPED GALLSTONE; FOLLOW UP; SPECTRA'S; SURGICAL CLIPS; SURGICAL TREATMENT;

LOCATION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DROPPED GALLSTONE; DROPPED SURGICAL CLIP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34748924498     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3180340358     Document Type: Article

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