Journal article
Recurrence of biliary disease following non-operative management in elderly patients
Abstract
IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of symptomatic recurrence following initial non-operative management of gallstone disease in the elderly and to test possible predictors.MethodsThis is a single institution retrospective chart review of patients 65 years and older with an initial hospital visit (V1) for symptomatic gallstone disease, over a 4-year period. Patients with initial “non-operative” management were …
Authors
Bergman S; Al-Bader M; Sourial N; Vedel I; Hanna WC; Bilek AJ; Galatas C; Marek JE; Fraser SA
Journal
Surgical Endoscopy, Vol. 29, No. 12, pp. 3485–3490
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2015
DOI
10.1007/s00464-015-4098-9
ISSN
0930-2794