Successful use of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor as adjunctive therapy in the management of refractory bile leak complicating laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 Dec;93(12):2602-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00736.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / diagnosis
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / etiology*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / surgery
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Cholecystectomy / adverse effects*
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects*
  • Lovastatin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Lovastatin