## Abstract To establish the value of diagnostic ultrasound (sonar) in the diagnosis of bilitary tract disease, 140 patients were scanned and also had a plain film of the biliary tract. of these, 105 had contrast radiography and 123 were subjected to laparotomy. The results obtained suggest that in
Comparative evaluation of preoperative and operative radiology in biliary-tract disease
β Scribed by D. J. Grundy; P. A. King; G. Lloyd
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 445 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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