title: [Sonography and biliary extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)].
abstract: Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for preliminary diagnosis ("filter function"), during treatment ("monitoring function") and in the follow-up 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 present-day experience has shown to be rare.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik A, Klinikum Wuppertal-Barmen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jakobeit
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rebensburg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spelter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frenzel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pumplün
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographie und biliäre extrakorporale Stosswellenlithotripsie (ESWL).