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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Ultrasound of Bile Ducts-An Update on Measurements, Reference Values, and Their Influencing Factors.

Claudia Lucius, Anja Flückiger, Jennifer Meier, Kathleen Möller, Christian Jenssen, Barbara Braden, Michael Kallenbach, Benjamin Misselwitz, Christian Nolsøe, Michael Sienz and 2 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Claudia LuciusOutpatient Department of Gastroenterology, IBD Centre Helios Hospital Berlin Buch, 13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-011X
Anja FlückigerDepartment General Internal Medicine (DAIM), Hospitals Hirslanden Bern Beau Site, Salem and Permanence, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
Jennifer MeierDepartment Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Kliniken Hirslanden, Beau Site, Salem und Permanence, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0009-8433-8378
Kathleen MöllerMedical Department I/Gastroenterology, SANA Hospital Lichtenberg, 10365 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-9492-0141
Christian JenssenDepartment for Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, 15344 Strausberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7008-6650
Barbara BradenTranslational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Michael KallenbachKlinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany.
Benjamin MisselwitzDepartment of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Christian NolsøeCenter for Surgical Ultrasound, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, 4600 Køge, Denmark.
Michael SienzBenedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien, St. Benedict Hospital Ndanda, Ndanda, Mtwara Region, Tanzania.
Constantinos ZervidesCZMH Medical Physics and Dosimetry Services Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-7708-3698
Christoph Frank DietrichDepartment General Internal Medicine (DAIM), Hospitals Hirslanden Bern Beau Site, Salem and Permanence, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6015-6347

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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bile duct drainagecommon bile ductcystic ductdiametersmeasurementreference values

Identifiers

PMID40218269
PMCPMC11988351

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