The role of intraoperative cholangiography in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallstone pancreatitis: is magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography needed?

CONCLUSIONS: In patients diagnosed with acute gallstone pancreatitis, it is reasonable to proceed directly to surgery using intraoperative cholangiography on the same admission as the definitive assessment of the common bile duct. This negates the need for magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and can translate into cost savings and reduced length of stay. PMID: 31155897 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - June 2, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Thacoor A, Pike TW, Pathak S, Dixon J, Macutkiewicz C, Smith AM Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research