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Should surgeon-performed intraoperative ultrasound be the preferred test for detecting main pancreatic duct injuries in operative trauma cases?
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
March 2024
From the Department of Surgery (C.G.B.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of surgery, Division of general surgery, Scripps Clinic Medical Group (W.L.B.), La Jolla, California; Department of surgery, Division of general surgery, University of Colorado (E.E.M.), Denver, Colorado; Department of surgery, Division of general surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (E.J.H.), Nutley, New Jersey.
Background: The diagnostic performance of multiple tests for detecting the presence of a main pancreatic duct injury remains poor. Given the central importance of main duct integrity for both subsequent treatment algorithms and patient outcomes, poor test reliability is problematic. The primary aim was to evaluate the comparative test performance of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) for detecting main pancreatic duct injuries.
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