Cholangitis cost-effectiveness of therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farwa Haideri [2]

Overview

The most cost-effective technique to diagnose cholangitis is an ultrasound.

Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy

An ultrasound scan is the most cost effective imaging for cholangitis.

Though computerized tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can accurately identify masses and detect metastasis, they are often more expensive than an ultrasound scan.^[1]

References

↑ Cameron, John L. & Cameron, Andrew M. (2014), Current Surgical Therapy: Expert Consult, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, Inc.

Overview