Therapeutic ERCP for choledocholithiasis in patients 80 years of age and older

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-290

  Murata, Atsuhiko ^a   Motomura, Yasuaki ^a   Akahoshi, Kazuya ^a   Ouchi, Jiro ^a   Matsui, Noriaki ^a   Sumida, Yorinobu ^b   Akiho, Hirotada ^b   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^b   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^b  

^a ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650860237     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318165dc94     Document Type: Letter

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