Laparoendoscopic rendezvous versus preoperative ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the management of cholecysto-choledocholithiasis: Interim analysis of a controlled randomized trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-439

  Tzovaras, George ^a   Baloyiannis, Ioannis ^a   Zachari, Eleni ^a   Symeonidis, Dimitris ^a   Zacharoulis, Dimitris ^a   Kapsoritakis, Andreas ^a   Paroutoglou, George ^a   Potamianos, Spyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILOMA; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC RENDEZVOUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857650286     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182456ec0     Document Type: Article

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