EXTERNAL SPHINCTEROTOMY FOR PANCREATITIS
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Endoscopic sphincterotomy without cholecystectomy for gall stone pancreatitis.
Fifty one patients (median age 78, range 54-92) who had endoscopic sphincterotomy for gall stone pancreatitis without planned cholecystectomy were followed up to assess the effectiveness of this treatment in preventing further acute pancreatitis. In 48 patients sphincterotomy was technically successful and none had further acute pancreatitis after a mean follow up of 26.9 months. In three patie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1953
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-195307000-00004