Open AccessLong-Term Prognosis After Treatment of Patients with Choledocholithiasis
Author(s) -
Kazuhisa Uchiyama,
Hironobu Onishi,
Masaji Tani,
Hiroyuki Kinoshita,
Manabu Kawai,
Masaki Ueno,
Hiroki Yamaue
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000077923.38307.84
Subject(s) - medicine , term (time) , medline , general surgery , intensive care medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
This study was conducted to examine the long-term prognosis of after treatment of patients with choledocholithiasis, including the recurrence of lithiasis, and to thereby determine the best treatment modality for choledocholithiasis based on its pathological entity.