Endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of pancreaticobiliary disorders

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-15

  Larghi, A ^a   Petrone, M C ^b   Galasso, D ^a   Arcidiacono, P G ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile duct cancer; Choledocolithiasis; Chronic pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis; Interventional EUS; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic cysts; Pancreaticobiliary system

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BIVUCAINE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; ONYX 015; TRIAMCINOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADVANCED CANCER; AMPULLARY CANCER; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANCER SURGERY; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAVAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 73149089475     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.06.021     Document Type: Short Survey

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