Factors influencing the technical difficulty of endoscopic clearance of bile duct stones

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1154-1160

  Kim, Hong Joo ^a   Choi, Hyo Sun ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^a   Park, Dong Il ^a   Cho, Yong Kyun ^a   Sohn, Chong Il ^a   Jeon, Woo Kyu ^a   Kim, Byung Ik ^a   Choi, Seon Hyeong ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 36549012725     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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