Role of Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of the gallstones

Ultrasound examination is a routine examination, non–invasive, low cost and technically easy to achieve. Ultrasound examination marked a hitch leap in the diagnosis of diseases of the biliary tract and gallbladder. As a harmless examination for the health and with a high specificity on diagnosis, this examination has left almost in the past the time of conventional radiologic examinations l ike cholecystography prioral or venous. This examinations with high costs, health hazards and technically difficult to be realized, nowdays are referred for the development of radiology values. Ultrasound examinations nowdays is used not only for the diagnostic purposes, but also therapeutic purposes. With the help of this examinations enable the drainage of collections and also percutaneous drainage of hepatic ductuses. Ultrasound examination has a sensitivity of 89% and specificity of 88% on the gallstones.