Open AccessEndosonography with linear array instead of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography as the diagnostic tool in patients with moderate suspicion of common bile duct stones
Author(s) -
Maciej Kohut,
Andrzej Nowak,
Ewa Nowakowska-Duława,
Tomasz Marek,
R Kaczor
Publication year - 2003
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.v9.i3.612
Subject(s) - medicine , common bile duct , endoscopic ultrasound , cholangiography , bile duct , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , radiology , surgery
To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) as the main imaging modality in patients with moderate suspicion of common bile duct stones (CBDS).