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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2015; 21(20): 6229-6235
Published online May 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i20.6229
Published online May 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i20.6229
Cholangiographic characteristics of common bile duct dilatation in children
Seak Hee Oh, Soo-Hee Chang, Hyun Jin Kim, Jin Min Cho, Kyung Mo Kim, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, South Korea
Ji-Hee Hwang, Jung-Man Namgoong, Dae Yeon Kim, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, South Korea
Young-Ah Cho, Chong Hyun Yoon, Department of Pediatric Radiology, Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, South Korea
Author contributions: Oh SH and Kim KM wrote the manuscript and designed the study; all the others contributed in supplementing the manuscript.
Ethics approval: The study was approved by the Internal Review Board of Seoul Asan Medical Center (2014-0819).
Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from the parents of all the patients prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest: There is no conflict of interest in the study.
Data sharing: No additional data are available.
Correspondence to: Kyung Mo Kim, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Pungnap-Dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea. kmkim@amc.seoul.kr
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Received: September 21, 2014
Peer-review started: September 26, 2014
First decision: October 29, 2014
Revised: November 17, 2014
Accepted: January 16, 2015
Article in press: January 16, 2015
Published online: May 28, 2015
Processing time: 250 Days and 18.8 Hours
Peer-review started: September 26, 2014
First decision: October 29, 2014
Revised: November 17, 2014
Accepted: January 16, 2015
Article in press: January 16, 2015
Published online: May 28, 2015
Processing time: 250 Days and 18.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: A severity index calculated by measuring the diameter of the common bile duct (CBD) adjusted for age was a better method to discriminate between congenital common bile duct dilatation (CBDD) and secondarily obstructive CBDD in children compared with simply measuring the diameter of the CBD.