Hepatolitiasis y enfermedad de Caroli en Argentina: resultados de un estudio multicéntrico. / [Hepatolithiasis and Carolis disease in Argentina: results of a multicenter study]

ABSTRACT

The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence, epidemiology and clinical-therapeutical evolution of hepatolithiasis (HL) in Argentina. With this purpose a survey was conducted sending a questionnaire to ten referencial and interventional radiology centers in the country. Seven centers answered on time. In the last five years a total of 8,736 consecutive patients were examined for cholangiography (endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, PTC). A total of 5,920 (68