Pre-cut sphincterotomy: does the timing matter?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 480-483

  Misra, Sri Prakash ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; BLEEDING; CANNULATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GENDER; PANCREATITIS; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPHINCTEROTOMY; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS;

CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60149094535     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.11.030     Document Type: Editorial

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