Microlithiasis, endoscopic ultrasound, and children: Not just little gallstones in little adults

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 462-466

  Neff, Lucas P ^a   Mishra, Girish ^a   Fortunato, John E ^a   Laudadio, Jennifer ^a   Petty, John K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Biliary microlithiasis; Child; Endoscopic ultrasound; Gallstones; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROLITHIASIS; NAUSEA; PANCREATITIS; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M LIDOFENIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 79952271042     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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