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VIEW ON USE OF EUS
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is not the first advance in imaging to be elevated to a diagnostic pedestal by pioneering enthusiasts. Nor will it be the last whose position has been assailed by subsequent scrutiny. Videos of EUS to stage patients with upper g-i cancers were retrospectively evaluated either with or without additional diagnostic test results. EUS was more accurate in staging when additional information was available. Despite the authors' scepticism, it's not yet time to hang up your EUS scope (if you have one!) for good just yet. See page 599
S.O.D.'S LAW
It's not only the sphincter of Oddi (SO) that can behave dysfunctionally in patients with hard-to-explain right-sided upper abdominal pain. Patients are tricky to assess when …
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