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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2013; 19(35): 5877-5882
Published online Sep 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i35.5877
Non-invasive assessment of choledocholithiasis in patients with gallstones and abnormal liver function
Bilal O Al-Jiffry, Abdeen Elfateh, Tariq Chundrigar, Bassem Othman, Owaid AlMalki, Fares Rayza, Hashem Niyaz, Hesham Elmakhzangy, Mohammed Hatem
Bilal O Al-Jiffry, Owaid AlMalki, Fares Rayza, Mohammed Hatem, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif 21947, Saudi Arabia
Bilal O Al-Jiffry, Abdeen Elfateh, Tariq Chundrigar, Bassem Othman, Department of Surgery, Al-Hada Military Hospital, Taif 21947, Saudi Arabia
Hashem Niyaz, Hesham Elmakhzangy, Department of Gastroenterology, Al-Hada Military Hospital, Taif 21947, Saudi Arabia
Hesham Elmakhzangy, Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11956, Egypt
Author contributions: Al-Jiffry BO designed the study and supervised the collection of all the data for 4 years; Elfateh A co-designed the study and co-supervised the collection of data; Chundrigar T contributed patient data and helped to draft the manuscript; Othman B, AlMalki O and Rayza F carried out data collection for one year; Niyaz H performed ERCP on the patients in this study and analyzed data; Elmakhzangy H performed ERCP on the patients along with Niyaz H and helped in analyzing the data; Hatem M contributed patient data and helped to draft the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Bilal O Al-Jiffry, MD, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Taif University, PO Box 888, Taif 21947, Saudi Arabia. jiffrybilal@hotmail.com
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Received: January 11, 2013
Revised: May 24, 2013
Accepted: June 5, 2013
Published online: September 21, 2013
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