Endoscopic Ultrasonography Versus Other Diagnostic Modalities in the Diagnosis of Choledocholithiasis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2280-2286

  Sgouros, Spiros N ^a   Bergele, Christina ^a  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biliary pancreatitis; Choledocholithiasis; Endoscopic ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846963221     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9218-x     Document Type: Review

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