Ultrasound of the extrahepatic bile duct: Issues of size

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-74

  Horrow, Mindy M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cholecystectomy; Extrahepatic bile duct; Measurement; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPULLARY TUMOR; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT SIZE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEMOBILIA; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORGAN SIZE; PERIAMPULLARY DIVERTICULUM; PNEUMOBILIA; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952927711     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181e17516     Document Type: Review

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