Early use of ERCP in acute biliary pancreatitis with(out) jaundice: An unjaundiced view

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Petrov, Maxim S ^a  

^a PRIVOLZHSKY RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Algorithms, cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde; Cholangiopancreatography, magnetic resonance; Endosonography; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BILIARY PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PANCREATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 60549091793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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