Nonoperative imaging techniques in suspected biliary tract obstruction

HPB

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 409-425

  Tse, Frances ^a   Barkun, Jeffrey S ^b   Romagnuolo, Joseph ^c   Friedman, Gad ^d   Bornstein, Jeffrey D ^e   Barkun, Alan N ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Cholangiography; Cholangiopancreatography; Choledocholithiasis; Cholestasis; Common bile duct neoplasms; Costs and cost analysis; CT; Endosonography; Jaundice; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spiral CT; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 37849188953     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820600746867     Document Type: Review

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