title: [Results of extracorporeal lithotripsy in the treatment of cholelithiasis].
abstract: Treatment of gallstones with extracorporeal lithotripsy includes the stones fragmentation with shock-waves and the dissolution of fragments with bile acids. It is a well-tolerated treatment than can be performed on an out-patient basis. However, lithotripsy is an effective treatment only in highly selected patients (low calculous volume, radiolucent stones, functioning gallbladder). A satisfactory clearance rate is observed only in patients with solitary stones < or = 20 mm in diameter (70-80% at one year). The stone recurrence rate seems to be low in patients who had solitary stones.
authors.affiliation: Service de gastro-entérologie, hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelletier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Résultats de la lithotritie extracorporelle dans le traitement de la lithiase vésiculaire.