Erschienen in:
01.11.2009 | Review/State of the Art
Percutaneous Removal of Biliary Calculi
verfasst von:
Adam Hatzidakis, Miltos Krokidis, Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis
Erschienen in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Ausgabe 6/2009
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Excerpt
Nowadays diagnostic noninvasive approach of the biliary tree for detection of lithiasis is performed very well with ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) [
1‐
4]. In cases where these modalities are inconclusive, more invasive procedures like endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) can reveal the diagnosis and may also lead to therapeutic solutions [
5,
6]. ERCP is usually chosen first, and only in the case of contraindication or failure are percutaneous radiological methods advisable [
6]. …