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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2022; 14(9): 564-574
Published online Sep 16, 2022. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v14.i9.564
Role of endoscopic ultrasound in evaluation of patients with missed common bile duct stones
Mohamed Eissa, Hussein Hassan Okasha, Mohamed Abbasy, Ahmed Kamal Khamis, Abeer Abdellatef, Mohamed Akl Rady
Mohamed Eissa, Mohamed Abbasy, Ahmed Kamal Khamis, Mohamed Akl Rady, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Menoufia 32951, Egypt
Hussein Hassan Okasha, Abeer Abdellatef, Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatogastroenterology Division, Kasr AL-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11451, Egypt
Author contributions: Eissa M and Rady MA contributed equally in collecting the data and writing the manuscript; Abdellatef A read and revised the manuscript; Abbasy M and Kamal A read and approved the manuscript; Okasha HH revised and approved the final manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: Our institution’s Research Ethical Committee approved the study, and all patients gave their informed written consent before inclusion in the study, according to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki. The National Liver Institute IRB protocol number is 00305/2022.
Clinical trial registration statement: The clinical trial is registered with Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (ReBec).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
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Corresponding author: Abeer Abdellatef, MD, Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatogastroenterology Division, Kasr AL-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Kasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo 11451, Egypt. beero4a@yahoo.com
Received: June 2, 2022
Peer-review started: June 2, 2022
First decision: July 12, 2022
Revised: July 26, 2022
Accepted: September 6, 2022
Article in press: September 6, 2022
Published online: September 16, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Still, there is a great challenge in diagnosing suspected cases of choledocholithiasis that could develop in up to 20% of patients with gall bladder stones. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can easily detect small stones that magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) could miss. EUS still has many diagnostic purposes with high accuracy in detecting common bile duct (CBD) stones missed by MRCP, especially the small ones or those impacted at the distal CBD or the papillary region.