Randomised controlled trial to establish the clinical and cost-effectiveness of expectant management versus preoperative imaging with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in patients with symptomatic gallbladder disease undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy at low or moderate risk of common bile duct stones (The Sunflower Study): a study protocol

Madeleine Clout, Jane Blazeby, Chris Rogers, Barnaby Reeves, Michelle Lazaroo, Kerry Avery, Natalie S Blencowe, Ravi Vohra, Neil Jennings, William Hollingworth, Joanna Thorn, Marcus Jepson, Jane Collingwood, Ashley Guthrie, Elizabeth Booth, Samir Pathak, Ian Beckingham, Lucy Culliford, Ewen A Griffiths, Raneem Albazaz, Giles Toogood

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044281
Published: 2021-06
Container: BMJ Open
Publisher: BMJ
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044281,
  title = {Randomised controlled trial to establish the clinical and cost-effectiveness of expectant management versus preoperative imaging with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in patients with symptomatic gallbladder disease undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy at low or moderate risk of common bile duct stones (The Sunflower Study): a study protocol},
  author = {Madeleine Clout and Jane Blazeby and Chris Rogers and Barnaby Reeves and Michelle Lazaroo and Kerry Avery and Natalie S Blencowe and Ravi Vohra and Neil Jennings and William Hollingworth and Joanna Thorn and Marcus Jepson and Jane Collingwood and Ashley Guthrie and Elizabeth Booth and Samir Pathak and Ian Beckingham and Lucy Culliford and Ewen A Griffiths and Raneem Albazaz and Giles Toogood},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044281},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044281}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Randomised controlled trial to establish the clinical and cost-effectiveness of expectant management versus preoperative imaging with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in patients with symptomatic gallbladder disease undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy at low or moderate risk of common bile duct stones (The Sunflower Study): a study protocol
AU  - Madeleine Clout
AU  - Jane Blazeby
AU  - Chris Rogers
AU  - Barnaby Reeves
AU  - Michelle Lazaroo
AU  - Kerry Avery
AU  - Natalie S Blencowe
AU  - Ravi Vohra
AU  - Neil Jennings
AU  - William Hollingworth
AU  - Joanna Thorn
AU  - Marcus Jepson
AU  - Jane Collingwood
AU  - Ashley Guthrie
AU  - Elizabeth Booth
AU  - Samir Pathak
AU  - Ian Beckingham
AU  - Lucy Culliford
AU  - Ewen A Griffiths
AU  - Raneem Albazaz
AU  - Giles Toogood
PY  - 2021
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044281
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APA

Clout, M., Blazeby, J., Rogers, C., Reeves, B., Lazaroo, M., Avery, K., Blencowe, N. S., Vohra, R., Jennings, N., Hollingworth, W., Thorn, J., Jepson, M., Collingwood, J., Guthrie, A., Booth, E., Pathak, S., Beckingham, I., Culliford, L., Griffiths, E. A., Albazaz, R., & Toogood, G. (2021). Randomised controlled trial to establish the clinical and cost-effectiveness of expectant management versus preoperative imaging with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in patients with symptomatic gallbladder disease undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy at low or moderate risk of common bile duct stones (The Sunflower Study): a study protocol. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044281

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