Surgical versus endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Dasari, Bobby V M ^a   Tan, Chuan Jin ^a   Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^b   Martin, David J ^c   Kirk, Gareth ^a   Mckie, Lloyd ^a   Diamond, Tom ^a   Taylor, Mark A ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 84897574619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003327.pub3     Document Type: Review

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