Is ERCP really necessary in case of suspected spontaneous passage of bile duct stones?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 3283-3287

  Sakai, Yuji ^a,b   Tsuyuguchi, Toshio ^a   Ishihara, Takeshi ^a   Yukisawa, Seigo ^a   Ohara, Tadashi ^b   Tsuboi, Masaru ^b   Ooka, Yoshihiko ^b   Kato, Kazuki ^b   Katsuura, Kiyotake ^b   Kimura, Michio ^b   Takahashi, Makoto ^b   Nemoto, Kazuhisa ^b   Miyasaki, Masaru ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Social Insurance Funabashi Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile duct stones; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Pancreatitis; Spontaneous passage of bile duct stones

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE;

EID: 67651156049     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3283     Document Type: Article

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