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[Cholelithiasis--diagnostic imaging today].

C Blumer
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The recent change in the therapeutic approach to gallstone disease (dissolution therapy, lithotripsy and especially laparoscopic cholecystectomy) has promoted an obvious transition in biliary imaging. In a short review the actually most relevant imaging modalities are presented and validated. In the light of the explosive growth of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a main concern of this presentation is focused on biliary duct imaging.

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CholangiographyCholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic RetrogradeCholecystographyCholelithiasisHumansTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonographyJournal ArticleReview

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C Blumer. 1995-05-16. [Cholelithiasis--diagnostic imaging today].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7761733/

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