Preoperative diagnosis of choledocholithiasis: The role of MRCP

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 339-343

  Samaraee, Ahmad ^a   Khan, Usman ^b   Almashta, Zaid ^c   Yiannakou, Yan ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650825822     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.6.339     Document Type: Review

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