Hepatobiliary diseases comparative study Between U/S & ERCP

Abstract

Hepatobiliary system disorders are fairly common throughout the world. This is a comparative study of selected 20 patients and on each U/S and ERCP were carried out. The aim of the study is to evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of U/S & ERCP. The study is conducted at IBN SINA Teaching Hospital, and the data was obtained by practical investigations and questionaire (consultant radiologists). Practically 90% U/S accuracy was achieved and 89% was the result of the questionaire, regarding to 55% ERCP accuracy and 49% result of the questionaire. The overrate gain of U/S over ERCP is found to be (2:1) respectively. However, U/S, regarding these results, is proved to be superior to ERCP and hence it is considered as a technique of choice. Expert sonologists and advanced recent U/S machines are recommended in order to achieve nearly 100% accuracy and ERCP is left for interventional purposes.