Performance of the Choledocholithiasis Diagnostic Score in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis
Author(s) -
C Gouveia,
Rui Loureiro,
Rosa Ferreira,
Alexandre Oliveira Ferreira,
A. Santos,
Maria Pia Costa Santos,
Carolina Palmela,
Marília Cravo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ge portuguese journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2387-1954
pISSN - 2341-4545
DOI - 10.1159/000479973
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , cholecystitis , acute cholecystitis , retrospective cohort study , cholecystectomy , radiology , gallbladder , pancreatitis
The prevalence of choledocholithiasis among patients with acute cholecystitis is estimated to be between 9 and 16.5%. There are no validated algorithms to predict choledocholithiasis in this group of patients.
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