• DOI:10.1136/gut.2007.121657
Corpus ID: 206945855

Guidelines on the management of common bile duct stones (CBDS)

@article{Williams2008GuidelinesOT,
  title={Guidelines on the management of common bile duct stones (CBDS)},
  author={E. Williams and J. Green and I. Beckingham and R. Parks and D. Martin and M. Lombard},
  journal={Gut},
  year={2008},
  volume={57},
  pages={1004 - 1021}
}

E. Williams, J. Green, +3 authors M. Lombard

Published 2008

Medicine

Gut

The last 30 years have seen major developments in the management of gallstone-related disease, which in the United States alone costs over 6 billion dollars per annum to treat. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become a widely available and routine procedure, whilst open cholecystectomy has largely been replaced by a laparoscopic approach, which may or may not include laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct (LCBDE). In addition, new imaging techniques such as… CONTINUE READING

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