Is addition of endoscopic sphincterotomy before endoscopic biliary drainage necessary for acute cholangitis as a result of common bile duct stones?

Dig Endosc. 2017 Apr:29 Suppl 2:100. doi: 10.1111/den.12822.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Cholangitis / diagnosis
  • Cholangitis / surgery*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drainage / instrumentation
  • Drainage / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gallstones / diagnosis
  • Gallstones / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / methods*
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome