[Shockwave lithotripsy in gallbladder and bile duct calculi: indications and results].

Abstract

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy combined with adjuvant litholytic therapy (ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid) is a relatively safe and effective noninvasive therapy for selected patients with symptomatic radiolucent gallbladder stones. The best results (80% stone-free patients within 1 year) are obtained with radiolucent solitary stones with a diameter of less than 20 mm. Shock-wave lithotripsy achieves rapid clearance of stones in about 80% of patients with bile duct calculi in whom endoscopic procedures fail.

• Authors: G Paumgartner
• Journal: Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie. Supplement II, Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie. Kongress (Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl II Verh Dtsch Ges Chir) Pg. 1213-5 ( 1990) ISSN: 0173-0541 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Stosswellenlithotripsie bei Gallenblasen- und Gallengangssteinen: Indikationen und Ergebnisse.
• PMID: 1983516 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Cholelithiasis (therapy)
• Gallstones (therapy)
• Humans
• Lithotripsy