Dr. Henry Schiller, Professor of Surgery, Liutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve, and Mayo Clinic Teaching Hall of Fame inductee rejoins the show to talk about gallbladders. We review the distinction between the evaluation and management of cholelithiasis, choledocolithiasis, the role of different imaging modalities, and much more in this awesome chapter of the show - dont miss this!
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REFERENCES & LINKS & ADDITIONAL READING
- Childs DD, Lalwani N, Craven T, Arif H, Morgan M, Anderson M, Fulcher A. A meta-analysis of the performance of ultrasound, hepatobiliary scintigraphy, CT and MRI in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2024 Feb;49(2):384-398. doi: 10.1007/s00261-023-04059-w. Epub 2023 Nov 20. PMID: 37982832.
- de Oliveira GS, Torri GB, Gandolfi FE, Dias AB, Tse JR, Francisco MZ, Hochhegger B, Altmayer S. Computed tomography versus ultrasound for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Radiol. 2024 Nov;34(11):6967-6979. doi: 10.1007/s00330-024-10783-8. Epub 2024 May 17. PMID: 38758253.
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