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Biswanath P Gouda1, Tarun Gupta.
Abstract
Endoscopic Ultrasound is an emerging diagnostic tool in the field of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Our review article focuses on role of EUS in staging cancers (esophageal, gastric, biliary and rectal), detection of bilio-pancreatic calculi and diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. Potential for performing EUS based therapeutic interventions are been explored and looks promising from the initial reports.Entities:
Keywords: Biliary disease; Endoscopy; Pancreas; Ultrasonography
Year: 2011 PMID: 23372310 PMCID: PMC3259177 DOI: 10.1007/s12262-011-0383-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Surg ISSN: 0973-9793 Impact factor: 0.656