Is a T-tube necessary after common bile duct exploration?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1485-1488

  Ahmed, Irfan ^a   Pradhan, Charita ^a   Beckingham, Ian J ^a   Brooks, Adam J ^a   Rowlands, Brian J ^a   Lobo, Dileep N ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; T TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849129382     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9475-2     Document Type: Article

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