title: Non-operative management of gallstones--a preliminary review.
abstract: We describe our initial experience with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy, direct solvent dissolution with methyl tert-butyl ether and mechanical extraction, in 17 symptomatic patients without significant gall-bladder wall disease using existing criteria for selection. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy and mechanical extraction are promising techniques. Methyl tert-butyl ether therapy has been fraught with difficulty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, Middlesex Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garber
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ainley
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dowsett
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hatfield
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004987:Ethers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D008875:Middle Aged; D012997:Solvents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D004987:Ethers; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D012997:Solvents; C043243:methyl tert-butyl ether