Choledocholithiasis diagnostics – endoscopic ultrasound or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography? [PDF]
It is estimated that 3.4% of patients qualified for cholecystectomy due to cholelithiasis have a coexisting choledocholithiasis. For decades, endoscopic ascending retrograde cholangiopancreatography has been the golden diagnostic standard in cases of ...
Jarosław Leszczyszyn
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Importance of Together Use of Endoscopic and Intraoperative Ultrasonography In The Diagnosis and Treatment of Insulinoma [PDF]
Introduction:Insulinoma is a usually benign tumor of pancreas. It is seen rarely and incidence of insulinoma is 1 in 250,000 patient-years. We present a rare case with insulinoma which well diagnosed and treated with aid of endoscopic and intraoperative ...
Ersoy Arslan +7 more
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound versus Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones. [PDF]
Patients with suspected common bile duct (CBD) stones are often diagnosed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), an invasive procedure with risk of significant complications.
Morris, S +11 more
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The role of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in contemporary diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases [PDF]
Day by day endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is becoming an essential diagnostic method for the assessment of solid lesions of the pancreas, cysts, pseudocysts and cystic tumours of the pancreas, enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, staging of gastric cancer
Katarzyna Wawrzyniec, Jacek Kiełtucki
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An unusual unifocal presentation of Castleman’s disease in a young woman with a detailed description of sonographic findings to reduce diagnostic uncertainty: a case report [PDF]
Background: Castleman’s disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. It typically presents as mediastinal masses and causes a wide range of clinical symptoms.
Zerrin Maden +3 more
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Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography: advance and current status [PDF]
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) technology has undergone a great deal of progress along with the color and power Doppler imaging, three-dimensional imaging, electronic scanning, tissue harmonic imaging, and elastography, and one of the most important ...
장성일, 이동기
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Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound relative to surgical staging in potentially resectable lung cancer: results from the ASTER randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Copyright @ Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2012. This work was produced by Sharples et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health.Objective: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost ...
E Wheaton +37 more
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Endoscopic intervention strategy for pancreaticoduodenectomy-related cholangiopancreatic diseases [PDF]
The pancreaticoduodenectomy-related cholangiopancreatic complications include anastomotic stricture, cholangiopancreatic duct stones, cholangitis, pancreatitis, obstructive jaundice due to tumor recurrence, etc. Because of the complexity of the operation,
DONG Yuanhang, CHEN Jie
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Risks of transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography-guided biliary drainage
Summary of Event: Pneumoderma, mediastinal emphysema, and bilateral pneumothorax were developed in the patient who had undergone trans-esophageal endoscopic ultrasonography-guided rendezvous technique. Chest drainage was performed immediately.
Nozomi Okuno +10 more
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Selection criteria for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy and endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones. Results of a retrospective; single center study between 1996-2002 [PDF]
AIM: The optimal treatment for bile duct stones (in terms of cost, complications and accuracy) is unclear. The aim of our study was to determine the predictive factors for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Réti, György +4 more
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