Zain Raza, Osama Altayar, Tala Mahmoud, Rami Abusaleh, Rabih Ghazi, Dayna Early, Vladimir M Kushnir, Gabriel Lang, Ian Sloan, Thomas Hollander, Elizabeth Rajan, Andrew C Storm, Barham K Abu Dayyeh, Vinay Chandrasekhara, Koushik K Das
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: While endoscopic ultrasound(EUS) is highly accurate for the evaluation of common bile duct (CBD) dilation, the yield of EUS in patients with incidental CBD dilation is unclear. METHODS: Serial patients undergoing EUS for incidental, dilated CBD (per radiologist, minimum >6mm objectively) from two academic medical centers, without active pancreaticobiliary disease or significantly elevated LFTs were evaluated. Multivariable logistic regression identified predictors of EUS with significant findings and a novel prediction model was derived from one center, internally validated with bootstrapping, and externally validated at the second center...
April 29, 2024: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy