Frequency of complications during EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections in 148 consecutive patients

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1504-1508

  Varadarajulu, Shyam ^a   Christein, John D ^b   Wilcox, Charles Mel ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreatic fluid collection

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATIC FLUID COLLECTION; PANCREATIC FLUID DRAINAGE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; STENT MIGRATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 80053101507     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06771.x     Document Type: Article

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