title: Obstructive jaundice. Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
abstract: The diagnostic approach to obstructive jaundice must be individualized on the basis of the sensitivity and specificity of the various procedures available. No single diagnostic approach is optimal in all patients. The physician must be guided by knowledge of the yield, complications, and cost of the tests available. In addition, interventional endoscopic and radiologic techniques add a new therapeutic dimension to the standard surgical approach.
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography / Q000009:adverse effects; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography