Diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic impact of endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with intermediate suspicion of choledocholithiasis and absence of findings in magnetic resonance cholangiography Precisión diagnóstica e impacto terapéutico de la ultrasonografía endoscópica en los pacientes con sospecha intermedia de coledocolitiasis y colangiorresonancia normal

Diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic impact of endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with intermediate suspicion of choledocholithiasis and absence of findings in magnetic resonance cholangiography Precisión diagnóstica e impacto terapéutico de la ultrasonografía endoscópica en los pacientes con sospecha intermedia de coledocolitiasis y colangiorresonancia normal

Background: endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) are the elective tests in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis. MRC is best accepted by patients, but its sensitivity might decrease in the evaluation of microlithiasis. Aim: to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy...

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Main Authors: Enrique Vázquez-Sequeiros, Fernando González-Panizo-Tamargo, Daniel Boixeda-Miquel, José María Milicua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
Subjects:
Ultrasonografía endoscópica
Colangiografía por resonancia magnética
Precisión diagnóstica
Impacto terapéutico
Coledocolitiasis
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Magnetic resonance Cholangiography
Diagnostic accuracy
Therapeutic impact
Choledocholithiasis
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