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)
Other Authors: Merrill, Joseph (author), Cote, Gregory A. (author), Early, Dayna S. (author), Edmundowicz, Steven A. (author), Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa (author)
Format: article
Published: 2009
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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