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- Title
Intraoperative Cholangiography and Risk of Common Bile Duct Injury.
- Authors
Livingston, Edward H.
- Abstract
Presents a letter to the editor about a study by Flum and colleagues concerning intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy which decreased the rate of common bile duct injury (CBDI). Risk factors for CBDI; Discussion of costs as calculated through a number needed to treat and absolute risk reduction, in relation to the recommended standard of care.
- Subjects
LETTERS to the editor; BILE ducts; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY complications; PREVENTION of surgical complications; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 4, p459
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1001/jama.290.4.459-a