Effect of biliary stenting combined with ursodeoxycholic acid and terpene treatment on retained common bile duct stones in elderly patients: A multicenter study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2418-2421

  Han, Jimin ^a   Moon, Jong Ho ^b   Koo, Hyun Cheol ^b   Kang, Jee Heon ^b   Choi, Joon Hyuck ^a   Jeong, Seok ^c   Lee, Don Haeng ^c   Lee, Moon Sung ^b   Kim, Ho Gak ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERPENE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLAGOGUE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CYSTIC DUCT; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; STONE DISSOLUTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHOLELITHIASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STENTS; TERPENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 70350495811     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.303     Document Type: Article

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