Open AccessEvaluation of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in the Management of Bile Duct Stones
Author(s) -
Nicolas Demartines
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.135.2.148
Subject(s) - medicine , cholangiography , cholecystectomy , prospective cohort study , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , cohort , retrospective cohort study , surgery
Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) offers the potential for accurate, noninvasive detection of common bile duct stones (CBDSs) before cholecystectomy, and for a consequent reduction in the incidence of preoperative negative diagnoses associated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC).
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