Preoperative evaluation of common bile duct stones in patients with gallstone disease.

Kim, Young-Jin; Kim, Myeong Jin; Kim, Ki Whang; Chung, Jae Book; Lee, Woo Jung; Kim, Joo-Hee; Oh, Young-Taik; Lim, Joon-Seok et al. · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2005

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Abstract

Our objective was to suggest criteria for selection of a preoperative diagnostic technique for patients with gallstone disease. Use of MR cholangiography preferentially before laparoscopic cholecystectomy, on patients who have a moderate or high risk of common bile duct stones, can significantly reduce purely diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiography.

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