MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY VERSUS ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Surgery | ||
| Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2003, Pages 177-182 PDF (370.39 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsur.2003.374685 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed Shehata Kawashti1; Hussein Mousa Atta* 2 | ||
| 1Faculty of Medicine El-Azhar | ||
| 2Faculty of Medicine El-Minia Universities | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Over the past decade, magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) has evolved not only as a feasible means of noninvasively evaluating the pancreaticobiliary tract but also as a technique with documented diagnostic accuracy in the evaluation of obstructive jaundice. We evaluated the success rate of both endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) and MRC in diagnosing the level and cause of obstruction in 40 patients with obstructive jaundice. The success rate of ERC was 94.7%, but with complications related to therapeutic procedures in two patients. MRC, however, achieved a 95% success rate in diagnosing the level and nature of obstruction. This study demonstrates that MRC has a definite role as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for the evaluation of obstructive jaundice. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Obstructive jaundice; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography; Magnetic resonance cholangiography; Choledocholithiasis; Bile duct stricture; Pancreatic cancer; Cholangiocarcinoma | ||
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