Treatment of chronic pancreatitis with endotherapy or surgery: Critical review of randomized control trials

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 640-644

  Devière, Jacques ^a   Bell Jr , Richard H ^b   Beger, Hans G ^c   Traverso, L William ^d  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b American Board of Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Critical review; Endotherapy; Exocrine and endocrine insufficiency; Randomized control trials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS;

EID: 40849102906     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0448-9     Document Type: Article

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