title: Cholelithiasis and the interventional radiologist.
abstract: The Interventional Radiologist plays an important part in the team with Surgeons and Gastroenterologists for the treatment of stone disease in the Gallbladder and Bile ducts. He must be familiar with the natural history, the clinical picture, the treatment variety, and the technical details of radiologic intervention under fluoroscopic control in order to assume his proper place in the therapy of cholelithiasis. This is especially true for the patient with a high surgical risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Burhenne
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015642:Radiology, Interventional