Endoscopic management of difficult common bile duct stones

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Trikudanathan, Guru ^a   Navaneethan, Udayakumar ^b   Parsi, Mansour A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Difficult to remove biliary stones; Electrohydra ulic lithotripsy; Endoscopic large balloon papillary dilation; Laser lithotripsy; Mechanical lithotripsy; Peroral cholangioscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILIARY COLIC; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BILIARY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILEUS; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PANCREATITIS; PERFORATION; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84873657254     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i2.165     Document Type: Article

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