title: [Extracorporeal shock wave treatment of calcium containing gallbladder calculi].
abstract: A total of 50 patients--37 female and 13 male--with an average age of 50 +/- 27 years (23-86 years), suffering from rim-calcified gallbladder stones, underwent extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL), using an ultrasound-guided overhead module of Lithostar Plus (Siemens Company). The total number of stones was 87, with an average diameter of 16 +/- 7 (7-38) mm. 29 patients had a solitary stone, 13 had two and 8 patients three or more stones. All patients received adjunct medication of 10 mg/kg body weight chenodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acid 14 days prior to ESWL as a single bedtime dose. An average number of 5,300 +/- 2,200 shock waves (1,200-15,000) was applied for stone disintegration. The corresponding energy amounted to 750 bar. 29 patients needed one, 21 two or more treatments. After ESWL a variety of clinical abnormalities was observed: flank pain (15%), transient microhaematuria (33%) and transient macrohaematuria (2%). Subsequent to ESWL 5 patients suffered from complications such as biliary obstruction 3 weeks to 9 months after treatment and had to undergo ERCP. Three times endoscopic papillotomy was performed to remove stones from the common bile duct. Up to now 4 patients have undergone cholecystectomy: acute cholecystitis (n = 3), recurrent colicky pain (n = 1). 20 patients have been followed up over a 12-month period; 12 of them are completely free of stones and fragments.
authors.affiliation: I. Chirurgische Abteilung, Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meiser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lexer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heinerman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zukriegel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaindl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pimpl
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Waclawiczek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sungler
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schneeberger
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boeckl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011292:Premedication; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid
vernacular_title: Die extrakorporale Stosswellenbehandlung von kalkhältigen Gallenblasensteinen.