Conservative Therapy vs. Percutaneous Drainage of Bilomas in Patients Treated Endoscopically for Bile Leak After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Background: Bile leaks are the most common complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CCY), occurring in about 1% of all patients. Endoscopic therapy is effective with resolution of the leaks in 85-100% of patients with endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy and/or biliary stents. The role of empiric...
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| Main Author: | Azar, Riad R. (author) |
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| Other Authors: | Merrill, Joseph (author), Cote, Gregory A. (author), Early, Dayna S. (author), Edmundowicz, Steven A. (author), Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa (author) |
| Format: | article |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.214 http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(09)00703-2/abstract |
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