Is the addition of choleretic agents in multiple double-pigtail biliary stents effective for difficult common bile duct stones in elderly patients? A prospective, multicenter study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-102

  Lee, Tae Hoon ^a   Han, Joung Ho ^b   Kim, Hong Ja ^c   Park, Seon Mee ^d   Park, Sang Heum ^a   Kim, Sun Joo ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Cheongju St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERPENE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE DOUBLE PIGTAIL BILIARY STENTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; STENT MIGRATION; STENT OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTERPENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 79959701284     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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