title: Percutaneous cholecystolithotomy.
abstract: We have successfully removed gallstones percutaneously from the gallbladders in two poor surgical risk patients using the standard equipment and the principles of percutaneous nephrolithotomy. No complication occurred in either patient. A brief review of percutaneous gallstone extraction is presented.
authors.affiliation: Urology Service, Worcester Memorial Hospital, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged