Endoscopy 2001; 33(8): 705-708
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16226
Editorial
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Endoscopic Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Abdominal Pain: What Makes Sense?

J. J. Y. Sung
  • Division of Gastroenterology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Publikationsdatum:
31. Dezember 2001 (online)

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Diagnostic endoscopy (including gastroscopy and colonoscopy) and diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) have been facing severe challenges from other imaging modalities in recent years. Might diagnostic endoscopy and ERCP become obsolete? Are the new modalities accurate and cost-effective? Should training of endoscopists be focused on therapy? Recently, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) have been tested as investigation tools for abdominal pain. Does this make sense?

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J. J. Y. Sung, M.D., Ph.D.

Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Prince of Wales Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong
China


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