Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography prior to laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A common and potentially hazardous technique that can be avoided

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-333

  Alkhaffaf, Bilal ^a   Parkin, Edward ^a   Flook, David ^a  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTRAABDOMINAL COLLECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952822612     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.30     Document Type: Article

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