Endoscopic ultrasound versus magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones

V Giljaca, KS Gurusamy, Y Takwoingi… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and magnetic resonance
cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) are tests used in the diagnosis of common bile duct …

A review and update on cholangiocarcinoma

MJ Olnes, R Erlich - Oncology, 2004 - karger.com
Cholangiocarcinoma is a malignant neoplasm arising from the biliary epithelium that was
first described by Durand-Fardel in 1840. Today, it continues to defy diagnosis and …

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma: consensus document

SA Khan, BR Davidson, R Goldin, SP Pereira… - Gut, 2002 - gut.bmj.com
2.0 BACKGROUND Mortality rates from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma have risen steeply
and steadily over the past 30 years and since the mid 1990s more deaths have been coded …

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: a meta-analysis of test performance in suspected biliary disease

J Romagnuolo, M Bardou, E Rahme… - Annals of internal …, 2003 - acpjournals.org
Background: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is one of many newer
noninvasive tests that can image the biliary tree. Purpose: To precisely estimate the overall …

Clinical spotlight review for the management of choledocholithiasis

VK Narula, EC Fung, DW Overby, W Richardson… - Surgical …, 2020 - Springer
Choledocholithiasis is a common presentation of symptomatic cholelithiasis that can result
in biliary obstruction, cholangitis, and pancreatitis. A systematic English literature search …

The role of magnetic resonance cholangiography in the management of patients with gallstone pancreatitis

MA Makary, MD Duncan, JW Harmon… - Annals of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine the utility of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) in the
preoperative evaluation of patients with gallstone pancreatitis. Summary Background Data …

Routine intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasonography with selective cholangiography reduces bile duct complications during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

WL Biffl, EE Moore, PJ Offner, RJ Franciose… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the preferred treatment for gallstone
disease, even in many complicated cases. Perhaps the only downside to LC is a two-to …

Cholangiocarcinoma

SA Ahrendt, A Nakeeb, HA Pitt - Clinics in liver disease, 2001 - liver.theclinics.com
Cholangiocarcinoma is an uncommon tumor that may occur anywhere along the
intrahepatic or extrahepatic biliary tree. The risk of cholangiocarcinoma is increased in …

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in obstructive jaundice

MD Vaishali, AK Agarwal, DN Upadhyaya… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: The limitations of available imaging modalities have led to the increasing use
of MRCP, which is a noninvasive and highly accurate technique in evaluating patients with …

Percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholangiography using microbubbles to evaluate the dilated biliary tract: initial experience

Z Luyao, X Xiaoyan, X Huixiong, X Zuo-Feng… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the feasibility of percutaneous ultrasound cholangiography (PUSC)
with a microbubble contrast agent in assessing obstructive bile duct diseases. Methods …