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Guided dilators for the common bile duct.

I G Kim
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The use of the flexible guide dilators for the common bile duct has remarkably reduced the amount of manipulation, trauma and handling of the duct during exploration. As a result, there has been the additional advantage of an over-all reduction in the time required for operating. This simple technique has been successfully performed in approximately 80 instances.

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I G Kim. 1985. Guided dilators for the common bile duct.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4002114/

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