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Comparison of ultrasound pancreatic scanning and encoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograms: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Feinberg Samuel B.,
Schreiber Donald R.,
Goodale Robert
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870050211
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , ultrasonography , pancreas , ultrasound , radiology , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , endoscopic ultrasound , pancreatic disease , surgery , pancreatitis
In a retrospective study comparing ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograms (ERCP) of the pancreas we found ultrasound 93.8 per cent accurate and ERCP 62.5 per cent accurate in detecting pancreatic pathology. Thus, sonography provides a safe screening procedure and ERCP provides a complementary approach.