descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Oct 1983 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Irish Journal of Medical Science, volume 152, pages 373-376 (issn: 0021-1265, eissn: 1863-4362,

Authors: Fergus Shanahan; C G Gallagher; J. Crowe; P. F. B. O’Regan; J. R. Lennon;

doi: 10.1007/bf02960747

pmid: 6642954

Endoscopic sphincterotomy

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Abstract

The experience with endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy (ERS) in one unit is described. ERS was attempted in 65 patients with extra hepatic obstruction of the biliary duct system and was successfully performed in 53 patients. Fifty of the successful group had choledocholithiasis and stone clearance was complete in 47 of these. Eleven patients required more than one endoscopic procedure to achieve clearance. Nineteen patients had intact gallbladders and were considered unfit for surgery, the symptomatic or palliative approach offered by ERS was often the only therapeutic option available.

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Mater Health Services
Australia
Mater Misericordiae Hospital
Australia

Keywords

Adult, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde, Male, Cholelithiasis, Humans, Endoscopy, Female, Cholestasis, Extrahepatic, Middle Aged, Aged

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