Endoscopic ultrasound avoids adverse events in high probability choledocholithiasis patients with a negative computed tomography [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterology, 2022 Background The current guideline recommends patients who meet high probability criteria for choledocholithiasis to receive endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). However, adverse events can occur during ERCP.
Meng-Ying Lin +7 more
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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017 History of present illness: A 75-year-old female presented with jaundice and abdominal pain for 3 weeks. She denied any fevers, confusion, or urinary complaints. On exam, she was afebrile and hemodynamically normal, but had focal tenderness in her right
Jonathan Peña
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The serum cholesterol level of choledocholithiasis patients was significantly lower than that of healthy people [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyBackground and purposeThe specific pathogenesis of choledocholithiasis is still unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate whether serum cholesterol level is related to the incidence of choledocholithiasis.Patients and methodsA total of 169 ...
Linzhen Li, Tulan Hu, Di Wang
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Liver cirrhosis may increase the incidence of delayed bleeding and mortality after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackground and purposeCholedocholithiasis is a common disease. However, the results of studies on the complications of choledocholithiasis with cirrhosis by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are inconsistent. Therefore, the purpose of
Linzhen Li, Di Wang, Xiaoping Niu
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Endoscopic versus laparoscopic treatment for choledocholithiasis: a prospective randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Endoscopy International Open, 2016 Background and study aims: Overall, 5 % to 15 % of patients undergoing cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis have concomitant bile duct stones, and the incidence of choledocholithiasis increases with age.
Javier Ernesto Barreras González +5 more
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Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration for Choledocholithiasis in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis and Prior Total Gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y Reconstruction: A Case Report. [PDF]
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Evaluating the Revised American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Guidelines for Common Bile Duct Stone Diagnosis [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2021 Background/Aims The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) revised its guidelines for risk stratification of patients with suspected choledocholithiasis. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of the revision and to compare
Jake S. Jacob +4 more
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Liver Research, 2021 Background and aims: Noninvasive predictors of choledocholithiasis have generally exhibited marginal performance characteristics. We aimed to identify noninvasive independent predictors of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-confirmed ...
Camellia Dalai +7 more
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Prospective assessment of the accuracy of ASGE and ESGE guidelines for choledocholithiasis
Endoscopy International Open, 2023 Background and study aims American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guidelines recommend categorizing patients by risk for choledocholithiasis to determine management.
Andy Silva-Santisteban +8 more
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