The use of serum alkaline phosphatase as a choledocholithiasis marker to mitigate the cost of magnetic resonance cholangiography.
Pedro Henrique Peixoto CostaJorge Henrique Bento DE SousaIan Torres de LimaMarcos Antonio Neves NoronhaGabriel Lunardi AranhaVitor Pelogi ArienzoPhellipe Fabbrini Santos LucasMilton SteinmanFrancisco TustumiPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2023)
Serum alkaline phosphatase levels may aid preoperative diagnosis of asymptomatic choledocholithiasis. After a global clinical assessment of the patient, serum laboratory findings may contribute to a reduction in cholangioresonance-related heathcare costs.