title: [Role of intravenous cholangio-cholecystography in the diagnosis of asymptomatic choledocholithiasis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Standard diagnostic procedures (anamnesis, physical examination, laboratory analyses, ultrasound diagnosis), commonly used in diagnosis and preparation for surgical intervention of patients with cholelithiasis, are in most cases a reliable indicator for evaluation of the disease and conditions planned for surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In some cases by application of these narrow diagnostic models, some conditions, anatomic variations and biliary tract malformations remain unrecognized. Asymptomatic ("silent") choledocholithiasis (2.02%) represents a special diagnostic and therapeutic problem.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our extended diagnostic protocol includes routine intravenous cholangio-cholecystography as a standard diagnostic procedure for evaluation of cholecysto-choledocholithiasis prior planning cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za opstu hirurgiju, KBC Dr Dragisa Misović-Dedinje, 11000 Beograd, Heroja Milana Tepića 1. dragoss@net.yu
authors.forename: Dragos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: Zorica
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Caparević
authors.forename: Dorde
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lalosević
authors.forename: Gradimir
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bojković
authors.forename: Predrag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milojević
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography; D002765:Cholecystography; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media