The Impact of Intraoperative Glucagon on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Intraoperative Cholangiogram for the Diagnosis of Choledocholithiasis: Experience from a Large Tertiary Care Center

A proportion of patients who undergo intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) do not have bile duct stones at the time of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), either due to the spontaneous passage of stones or a false-positive IOC. Glucagon has been utilized as an inexpensive tool to all...

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Published in:	Diagnostics
Main Authors:	Nitish Mittal, Faisal S. Ali, Antonio Pizuorno Machado, Sean Ngo, Malek Shatila, Tomas DaVee, Nirav Thosani, Vaibhav Wadhwa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-07-01
Subjects:	intraoperative glucagon intraoperative cholangiogram laparoscopic cholecystectomy choledocholithiasis endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography diagnostic accuracy
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/13/1405