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Biliary Pain and a Normal Ultrasound

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The routine investigation for patients with suspected biliary pain is a trans-abdominal ultrasound scan [1]. Whilst ultrasound is minimally invasive, low cost and easy to perform, their accuracy may be influenced by multiple factors such as operator skill, patient body habitus, fasting status and the presence of small gallstones or biliary sludge [2, 3].

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. Lily Shen from the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nepean Hospital, NSW, Australia for the provision of the CCK-HIDA images for inclusion in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia

    Amy Cao M.S.,M.Med.(Clin Epi),M.B.B.S. & Michael R. Cox M.B.B.S., M.S., F.R.A.C.S.

  2. The Whiteley-Martin Research Centre, The University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia

    Guy D. Eslick Dr.P.H.,Ph.D.,F.A.C.E.,F.F.P.H.

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    Guy D. Eslick

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Cao, A., Eslick, G.D., Cox, M.R. (2018). Biliary Pain and a Normal Ultrasound. In: Cox, M., Eslick, G., Padbury, R. (eds) The Management of Gallstone Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63884-3_10

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