Is Routine Intraoperative Cholangiogram Necessary in the Twenty-First Century? A National View

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 434-442

  Ragulin Coyne, Elizaveta ^a   Witkowski, Elan R ^a   Chau, Zeling ^a   Ng, Sing Chau ^a   Santry, Heena P ^a   Callery, Mark P ^b   Shah, Shimul A ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile duct injury; Cholecystectomy; Complications and mortality; Cost assessment; Intraoperative cholangiogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873748451     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2119-8     Document Type: Article

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