{"id":1739,"date":"2019-10-14T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T10:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dc-bled.si\/faq\/kaj-je-namen-euz-a\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T11:02:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:02:01","slug":"what-is-the-purpose-of-ues","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.dc-bled.si\/en\/faq\/what-is-the-purpose-of-ues\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the purpose of EUS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If after a careful medical assessment, clinical examinations, laboratory tests and other ultrasound or endoscopic procedure, there is a suspicion of certain disease of the oesophagus, stomach, rectum, biliary ducts or pancreas, we arrange for EUS, which may be useful as a complementary or a final diagnostic test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most often it is used for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>identifying bile duct stones (especially in the presence of problems which are similar to those before a gallstone surgery)<\/li><li>identifying pancreatic diseases (when abnormal lab test or abnormal abdominal organ ultrasound indicators are present)<\/li><li>identifying different thickenings of the gastrointestinal wall, which may have surfaced during the previous endoscopic examinations (gastroscopy, colonoscopy). 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