Is Initial Cholecystectomy Is an Optimal Strategy for Patients with Suspected Choledocholithiasis?

Dong-Won Ahn; Ji Bong Jeong

doi:10.4166/kjg.2014.64.3.176

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Ahn and Jeong: Is Initial Cholecystectomy Is an Optimal Strategy for Patients with Suspected Choledocholithiasis?

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2014;64(3):176-178.

Published online: 4 October 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2014.64.3.176

Is Initial Cholecystectomy Is an Optimal Strategy for Patients with Suspected Choledocholithiasis?

Dong-Won Ahn, Ji Bong Jeong

Division of Gastroenterology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Dong-Won Ahn, Division of Gastroenterology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-707, Korea. Tel: +82-2-870-3205, E-mail: drdwahn@gmail.com

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Initial Cholecystectomy vs Sequential Common Duct Endoscopic Assessment and Subsequent Cholecystectomy for Suspected Gallstone Migration: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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