Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: utilization and usefulness in suspected choledocholithiasis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1028-1032

  Toppi, Jason T ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Page, Patrick ^b   Fox, Adrian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Epworth Eastern   (Australia)

Author keywords

choledocholithiasis; common bile duct; ERCP; intraoperative cholangiogram; MRCP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908431850     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12867     Document Type: Article

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