MAGNETIC-RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY - NONINVASIVE IMAGING FORTHE BILIARY TREE AND PANCREATIC DUCT

Citation
Af. Little et al., MAGNETIC-RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY - NONINVASIVE IMAGING FORTHE BILIARY TREE AND PANCREATIC DUCT, Medical journal of Australia, 169(5), 1998, pp. 266-269
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
0025729X
Volume
169
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
266 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(1998)169:5<266:MC-NIF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Producing images similar to those acquired by the invasive procedures of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) or percutaneo us transhepatic cholangiography, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreato graphy (MRCP) is indicated in patients who are unable to undergo ERCP or have had previously unsuccessful ERCP. If is used increasingly in n on-invasive evaluation of the pancreaticobiliary free in cases where t he need for intervention during ERCP is expected to be low. MRCP may h elp in identifying anomalous biliary anatomy or choledocholithiasis be fore laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and in deciding between percutaneou s or endoscopic treatment for patients with obstructive jaundice to de crease the rate of failed ERCP procedures.