Does the advent of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) sound the death knell for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Mesenas, Steven Joseph ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biliary diseases; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endosonography; Pancreatic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALGORITHM; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33646672633     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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