Choledocholithiasis in elderly patients with gallbladder in situ - is ERCP sufficient?
CONCLUSIONS: In this group of elderly patients, cholecystectomy after ERCP prevented the occurrence of new biliary events but resulted in a non-statistically significant difference in mortality.
PMID: 30304966 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research
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