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Endoscopic Ultrasonography on Gallbladder and Biliary Tract

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Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has recently emerged as a very reliable imaging modality for the pancreaticobiliary system. Apart from other applications, EUS is a minimally invasive imaging technique which is widely used all over the world for identifying biliary abnormalities. Lesions as small as 2 to 3 mm in diameter, can be visualized by EUS. In France, 48.039 EUS procedures were performed during 1999, 58% of which related to pancreaticobiliary diseases [1]. In a recent series in a center where EUS is currently available, the rate of diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPS) was only 9.5% in a total of 1,159 ERCP procedures [2]. Recent years have seen new technical developments recorded in the field of EUS

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Goumas, K., Poulou, A. (2006). Endoscopic Ultrasonography on Gallbladder and Biliary Tract. In: Karaliotas, C.C., Broelsch, C.E., Habib, N.A. (eds) Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-49277-2_8

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