Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis in children and adolescents: Does this increasing diagnosis require a common guideline for pediatricians and pediatric surgeons?

Abstract Background In contrast to adults, for whom guidelines on the cholelithiasis treatment exist, there is no consistent treatment of pediatric patients with cholelithiasis throughout national and international departments, most probably due to the lack of evidence-based studies. Methods We eval...

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Main Authors: Sonja Diez, Hanna Müller, Christel Weiss, Vera Schellerer, Manuel Besendörfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01772-y