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Endoscopic Ultrasound for Routine Assessment in Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis.

Ryan PereiraGuy EslickMichael R Cox
Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
There is a likely role for the routine use of EUS in the assessment of patients with IAP. The routine use of EUS may decrease the proportion of cases with a diagnosis of IAP. EUS may provide better selection criteria for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with an initial diagnosis of IAP.
Keyphrases
  • fine needle aspiration
  • clinical practice
  • ultrasound guided
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography