Percutaneous dissolution of gallstones.
Contact dissolution with MTBE is an effective and safe method to treat symptomatic patients with cholesterol gallstones. Personnel, time, and safety factors have limited widespread use of the procedure. With current competing methods to treat gallstones, it is likely that MTBE use will be reserved for those patients who elect percutaneous therapy due to fear of surgery or anesthesia and in those elderly patients who are compromised by underlying medical conditions.
vanSonnenberg
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Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center 92103.
D'Agostino
H B
HB
Hofmann
A F
AF
Sanchez
R B
RB
Goodacre
B B
BB
Esch
O
O
Casola
G
G
D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D004987:Ethers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008738:Methyl Ethers
D004987:Ethers; D008738:Methyl Ethers; C043243:methyl tert-butyl ether