Use of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for diagnosis, choice of surgical treatment tactics for patients with Mirizzi’s syndrome<i>.</i>
Recognize in the pre-operative period, Mirizzi’s syndrome is quite difficult. Using the whole complex of modern diagnostic methods allows you to establish the correct diagnosis before surgery in 12.5-21.9% of patients. The main diagnostic method remains retrograde cholangiopancreatography. However, carrying out this invasive examination is accompanied by complications - pancreatitis, bleeding, perforation of the duodenum. Improvement of the diagnosis of dangerous pathological changes in the bile ducts is possible by using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, which allows increasing the frequency of preoperative diagnosis of Mirizzi’s syndrome, reducing the number of complications with the use of invasive diagnostic methods and predicting options for surgical treatment of this pathology.