title: [Sonography and biliary extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy].
abstract: Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for preliminary diagnosis ('filter function'), during treatment ('monitoring function') and in the followup examinations ('follow-up function') after shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones. It permits rapid and reliable assessment of the therapeutic outcome and early identification of complications, which experience to date has shown to be rare.
authors.affiliation: Med. Klinik A, Klinikum Wuppertal-Barmen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jakobeit
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greiner
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographie und biliäre extrakorporale Stosswellenlithotripsie.