Open AccessComparative analysis of ERCP, IDUS, EUS and CT in predicting malignant bile duct strictures
Author(s) -
Hauke Heinzow,
Sarah Kammerer,
Carina Rammes,
Johannes Weßling,
Dirk Domagk,
Tobias Meister
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i30.10495
Subject(s) - medicine , mcnemar's test , bile duct , radiology , histopathology , gold standard (test) , endoscopic ultrasound , malignancy , biliary disease , diagnostic accuracy , gastroenterology , pathology , statistics , mathematics
To compare endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP), intraductal ultrasound (IDUS), endosonography (EUS), endoscopic transpapillary forceps biopsies (ETP) and computed tomography (CT) with respect to diagnosing malignant bile duct strictures.