title: [Biliary ileus: pros and cons of the most current diagnostic methods].
abstract: The authors, on the basis of their recent experiences in treating biliary ileus, discuss diagnostic problems of serious side effects and talk about more recent diagnostic techniques. Above all ecography, CT, and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography are able to offer, in a lot of cases, a correct preoperative diagnosis. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography is a real progress even if it needs a more extensive use and, presents some doubts about its utility like all diagnostic techniques in biliary ileus.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Montecchi, Suzzara (Mantova), USSL n. 49.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zanini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavalca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benatti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rondelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciliberti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care