The Clinical Impact and Cost Implications of Endoscopic Ultrasound on the Use of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in a Canadian University Hospital

Nassir Alhayaf; Eoin Lalor; Vincent Bain; John McKaigney; Gurpal Singh Sandha

doi:10.1155/2008/498213

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2008)

The Clinical Impact and Cost Implications of Endoscopic Ultrasound on the Use of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in a Canadian University Hospital

Nassir Alhayaf,
Eoin Lalor,
Vincent Bain,
John McKaigney,
Gurpal Singh Sandha

Affiliations

Nassir Alhayaf: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Eoin Lalor: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Vincent Bain: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
John McKaigney: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gurpal Singh Sandha: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/498213
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 138 – 142

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a safe alternative to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for diagnostic biliary imaging in choledocholithiasis. Evidence linking a decline in diagnostic ERCP with the introduction of EUS in clinical practice is limited.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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