Prepared by:
Technology Evaluation Center
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Naomi Aronson, Ph.D.
Program Director
Carole Redding Flamm, M.D., M.P.H.
Project Director
David Mark, M.D., M.P.H.
Frank Lefevre, M.D.
Rhonda L. Bohn, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Beth Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Investigators
Kathleen M. Ziegler, Pharm.D.
Claudia J. Bonnell, B.S.N., M.L.S.
Maurice Carter
Research/Editorial Staff
File Name Description Software Version File Size _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 59KB 7 pages Contents: Cover, Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract 02conts.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 2 pages Contents: Table of Contents 03summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 114KB 13 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Study Selection Criteria, Outcomes of Interest, Study Quality Assessment, Findings, Future Research 04chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 4 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Scope of Systematic Review, Key Questions for this Systematic Review 05chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 64KB 9 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Search Strategy for the Identification of Articles, Study Selection Criteria, Outcomes of Interest, Methods of the Review, Quality Assessment, Technical Assistance and Peer Review 06c3-I.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 484KB 50 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results and Conclusions, Part I, Common Bile Duct Stones: Part I, Section 1, Diagnostic Performance of ERCP in Detecting Common Bile Duct Stones-Comparison with Alternatives; Part I, Section 2, Outcomes of Treatment Using ERCP for Common Bile Duct Stones-Comparison of Strategies Using ERCP, Surgery, or Medical Management; Part I, Section 3, Diagnostic Value of Individual Risk Factors or Predictive Models for Assessing the Likelihood of Having a Common Bile Duct Stone 07c3-II.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 861KB 75 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results and Conclusions, Part II, Pancreaticobiliary Malignancy: Part II, Section 1, Diagnostic Performance of Nonsurgical Tissue Sampling Techniques in Pancreaticobiliary Malignancy-Comparison of Strategies Using ERCP, EUS, or Percutaneous Approach; Part II, Section 2, Diagnostic Performance of ERCP in Pancreaticobiliary Malignant Obstruction-Comparison to Alternatives; Part II, Section 3, Outcomes of Treatment Using ERCP for Palliation of Pancreaticobiliary Malignancy- Comparison of Strategies Using ERCP, Surgery, or Interventional Radiology; Part II, Section 4, Outcomes of Treatment Using Preoperative ERCP Drainage for Relief of Malignant Obstructive Jaundice 08c3-III.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 347KB 30 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results and Conclusions, Part III, Pancreatitis: Part III, Section 1, Diagnostic Performance of ERCP in Detecting Underlying Causes or Complications of Pancreatitis Amenable to Treatment-Comparison to Alternatives; Part III, Section 2, Outcomes of Treatment Using ERCP for Pancreatitis-Comparison of Strategies Using ERCP, Surgery, or Medical Management 09c3-IV.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 158KB 14 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results and Conclusions, Part IV, Abdominal Pain of Possible Pancreaticobiliary Origin: Part IV, Section 1, Diagnostic Performance of ERCP Manometry In Evaluation of Abdominal Pain of Possible Pancreaticobiliary Origin-Comparison With Alternatives; Part IV, Section 2, Outcomes of Treatment Using ERCP for Abdominal Pain of Possible Pancreaticobiliary Origin 10c3-V.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 495KB 47 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results and Conclusions, Part V, Patient, Procedure or Operator Determinants of ERCP Complications: Part V, Section 1, Multivariable Analyses; Part V, Section 2, Randomized, Controlled Comparison Trials 11chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 25KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Future Research 12refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 104KB 16 pages Contents: References 13etbls.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 264KB 27 pages Contents: Evidence Tables: Part II, Section 3, Outcomes Of Treatment Using ERCP For Palliation of Pancreaticobiliary Malignancy - Comparison Of Strategies Using ERCP, Surgery, Or Interventional Radiology; Part II, Section 3B, Studies comparing metal versus plastic stents to relieve biliary obstruction due to pancreaticobiliary malignancy; Part II, Section 4, Management of jaundice before surgical resection of pancreaticobiliary malignancy: Preoperative stent versus immediate surgery; Part V, Section 1, Multivariable Analyses 14biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 326KB 45 pages Contents: Bibliography 15appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 247KB 21 pages Contents: Appendix A. Excluded Publications 16appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 26KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix B. TAG Members and Reviewers 17appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 113KB 3 pages Contents: Appendix C. Abbreviations _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E017
Current as of June 2002
Internet Citation:
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 50. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E017, June 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ercpinv.htm
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