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Outpatient therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is safe in patients aged 80 years and older

DOI

43

Citations

0

References

2010

Year

Panagiotis Katsinelos, Jannis Kountouras, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Christos Zavos, Sotiris Terzoudis, Ioannis Pilpilidis, George Paroutoglou
Endoscopy

Abstract

Outpatient therapeutic ERCP with postprocedure observation of 6 hours is a safe and cost-effective procedure in a significant proportion of very elderly patients.