Intraductal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of bile duct stones: When and whom?

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-175

  Endo, Takuro ^a   Ito, Kei ^a   Fujita, Naotaka ^a   Noda, Yutaka ^a   Kobayashi, Go ^a   Obana, Takashi ^a   Horaguchi, Jun ^a   Koshita, Shinsuke ^a   Kanno, Yoshihide ^a   Ogawa, Takahisa ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

bile duct stones; choledocholithiasis; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; intraductal ultrasonography; ultrasonic probe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLUDGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 79953053062     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2010.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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