Tissue harmonic sonography in the diagnosis of common bile duct stones: A comparison with endoscopic retrograde cholangiography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 501-506

  Ripollés, Tomás ^a   Ramírez Fuentes, Cristina ^a   Martínez Pérez, María J ^a   Delgado, Fructuoso ^a   Blanc, Esther ^a   López, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ampulla of Vater; Biliary ducts; Choledocholithiasis; Common bile duct stone; ERCP; Sonography; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TISSUE HARMONIC SONOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMMON BILE DUCT; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70350508864     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20604     Document Type: Article

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