Patient Evaluation and Management With Selective Use of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

H. Liu, Terrence; T. Consorti, Eileen; Kawashima, Akira; P. Tamm, Eric; L. Kwong, Karen; S. Gill, Brijesh; H. Sellin, Joseph; K. Peden, Eric; Mercer, David

doi:10.1097/00000658-200107000-00006

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Patient Evaluation and Management With Selective Use of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Published in Annals of Surgery • Jul 1, 2001

Authors:

Terrence H. Liu

Eileen T. Consorti

Akira Kawashima

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of triage guidelines for patients with cholelithiasis and suspected choledocholithiasis, incorporating selective use of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) before laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). SUMMAR...

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Medicine

Cholangiography

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

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