EUS: a meta-analysis of test performance in suspected choledocholithiasis.

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Published in Gastrointest Endosc on February 01, 2008

Authors

Frances Tse1, Louis Liu, Alan N Barkun, David Armstrong, Paul Moayyedi

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Saline Irrigation to DEcrease Rate Of Residual Common Bile Duct Stones (SIDEROD) | NCT01425177

Role of EUS in High Risk of Choledocholithiasis | NCT03250286

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