Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	58699
Country	United States

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Incidental biliary dilation in the era of the opiate epidemic: High prevalence of biliary dilation in opiate users evaluated in the Emergency Department
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Monique T Barakat and Subhas Banerjee
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Monique T Barakat http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2946-6325 Subhas Banerjee http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2270-9742
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Corresponding Author	Subhas Banerjee, MD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304, United States. subhas.banerjee@stanford.edu
Key Words	Biliary dilation; Opiate; Narcotic; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Bile duct
Core Tip	What is current knowledge? Biliary dilation is often related to an obstructing process. Non-obstructive factors such as age and prior cholecystectomy have also been associated with biliary dilation. Rates of opiate use have dramatically increased within the United States over the past two decades. There has also been a dramatic increase in utilization of cross-sectional abdominal imaging over the past two decades What is new here. Opiate use is associated with biliary dilation in the absence of an obstructive process. Increasing opiate use and increasing utilization of imaging are resulting in increased incidental detection of biliary dilation leading to increased referrals for endoscopic workup. Contrary to conventionally held views, our study indicates that age alone is not associated with increased bile duct diameter. Increasing probability of opiate use and cholecystectomy with advancing age may underlie the previously-reported association of advancing age with increased bile duct diameter. Height is weakly associated with increased bile duct diameter, consistent with an organ scaling effect.
Publish Date	2020-12-18 05:58
Citation	Barakat MT, Banerjee S. Incidental biliary dilation in the era of the opiate epidemic: High prevalence of biliary dilation in opiate users evaluated in the Emergency Department. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(12): 1289-1298
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v12/i12/1289.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v12.i12.1289

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