Comparison between emergency and elective endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with acute cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis: Is emergency endoscopic sphincterotomy safe?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1080-1088

  Ueki, Toshiharu ^a   Otani, Keisuke ^a   Fujimura, Naruhito ^a   Shimizu, Aiko ^a   Otsuka, Yuichiro ^a   Kawamoto, Kenichiro ^a   Matsui, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cholangitis; Choledocholithiasis; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography hemorrhage; Post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350020380     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0100-4     Document Type: Article

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