PREOPERATIVE IMAGING DIAGNOSIS OF COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS. A LITERATURE REVIEW
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22 March 2020
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Accepted
25 April 2020
Available Online
02 June 2020
Abstract
COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS OCC URS IN 10 -15% OF THE PATIENTS HAVING GALLSTONES. POSITIVE PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS CAN ONLY BE DONE BY IMAGING INVESTIGATIONS . POSITIVE FINDINGS USING ANY OF THE ESTABLISHED METHODS SHOULD LEAD TO THE REFERRAL OF THE PATIENT FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION. NEGATIVE RESULTS IN TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND OR CT SCANS SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY OR ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY. DUE TO ITS MORE INVASIVE NATURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY AND MORTA LITY RISKS, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGYOPANCREATOGRAPHY SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR DIAGNOSIS PURPOSES IN SELECTED CASES OR WHEN MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY OR ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
Keywords
DIAGNOSIS OF COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS (CBDL)
IMAGING METHODS
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