Efficacy and safety of endoscopic procedures for common bile duct stones in patients aged 85 years or older: A retrospective study.

The Endoscopic procedures for common bile duct (CBD) stones are reportedly safe in the elderly patients. However, the definition of the elderly is different in each report. If the elderly are defined as people aged 85 years or older, data on the effectiveness and safety of endoscopic retrograde chol...

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Main Authors: Tomoya Iida, Hiroyuki Kaneto, Kohei Wagatsuma, Hajime Sasaki, Yumiko Naganawa, Suguru Nakagaki, Shuji Satoh, Haruo Shimizu, Hiroshi Nakase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5752008?pdf=render