title: [Oral litholytic therapy--a reliable therapeutic principle?].
abstract: Oral litholysis by bile acids be used for the treatment of non-calcified cholesterol gallstones but not for the treatment of pigment stones. A prerequisite is that the patient has no complicated gallstone disease, has relatively little symptoms and has a functioning gallbladder. Gallstones with a diameter of more than 1.0 cm, before oral bile acid treatment, should undergo fragmentation by lithotripsy.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stiehl
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D012997:Solvents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D012997:Solvents; D002784:Cholesterol