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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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Prospective assessment of the accuracy of ASGE and ESGE guidelines for choledocholithiasis [PDF]
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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Endoscopic sphincterotomy with or without cholecystectomy for choledocholithiasis in high risk surgical patients: A decision analysis [PDF]
, 2006 Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is recommended for patients with choledocholithiasis after ERCP with sphincterotomy (ES) and stone extraction.
Kowalski, Thomas E +3 more
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Predictor factors for choledocholithiasis [PDF]
ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva, 2015 BACKGROUND: The choledocolithiasis has an incidence of 8-20% in patients with cholecystolithiasis. The preoperative diagnosis guides the interventional treatment on the bile duct AIM: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the laboratory ...
Joana TOZATTI +2 more
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DEN OpenObjectives Choledocholithiasis is the leading cause of biliary pancreatitis and biliary sepsis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is considered a minimally invasive treatment for choledocholithiasis. However, diagnostic ERCP should be
Apichet Sirinawasatien +9 more
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Management of Choledocholithiasis
Annals of Surgery, 1972 Lawrence W. Way +2 more
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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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Endoscopic Ultrasonography Can Prevent Unnecessary Diagnostic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Even in Patients with High Likelihood of Choledocholithiasis and Inconclusive Ultrasonography: Results of a Prospective Study [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2017 Background/Aims Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the initial therapy recommended for patients with high likelihood of choledocholithiasis.
Ruchir Patel +5 more
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