Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in elderly patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 683-688

  Ashton, Charles E ^b,c   Robin Mcnabb, W ^b,c   Wilkinson, Mark L ^a   Lewis, Roger R ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical presentation; Biliary obstruction; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Gallstones; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT PROSTHESIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

EID: 3643105166     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.6.683     Document Type: Article

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