title: [Biliary extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy].
abstract: Since 1985/86, more than 200 patients with problematic intra- and extrahepatic bile duct stones were treated with ESWL. Results are excellent and comparable with ESWL's success-story in urinary stone disease, abandoning widely open surgery for bile duct stones. In gallbladder-stone treatment, ESWL (always combined with bile acid litholysis) is only promising or successful in a carefully selected subset (10 to 15%) of all symptomatic patients (with good gallbladder contractility, limited stone volume and sonolucent stones).
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik A, Kliniken, Stadt Wuppertal.
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*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Biliäre extrakorporale Stosswellenlithotripsie (ESWL).