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- Title
Biliary stones: treatment by shock-wave lithotripsy.
- Authors
Sackmann, Michael; Sauerbruch, Tilman; Delius, Michael; Holl, Joseph; Brendel, Walter; Paumgartner, Gustav; Sackmann, M; Sauerbruch, T; Delius, M; Holl, J; Brendel, W; Paumgartner, G
- Abstract
Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy has been introduced as a novel nonsurgical therapy for gallstone disease. To substantiate the initial results, more than 400 patients with biliary calculi have been treated. In selected patients with gallbladder stones, complete clearance of all stone fragments can be expected within 1 year in about 80%. In patients with bile-duct stones not amenable to endoscopic measures, sufficient stone fragmentation by extracorporeal shock waves was achieved in about 80%. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a safe and efficient therapy for selected patients with gallbladder calculi. For patients with bile-duct stones not amenable to endoscopic measures it offers a nonsurgical alternative.
- Publication
Surgical Endoscopy, 1988, Vol 2, Issue 4, p224
- ISSN
0930-2794
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00705326