The first successful endoscopic retrograde laser lithotripsy of common bile duct stones in man using a pulsed neodymium-YAG laser.
Lumen-filling calculi in the common bile duct are frequently inaccessible to endoscopic treatment. With the aid of a flash lamp pulsed Nd:YAG laser, endoscopic retrograde lithotripsy of such calculi has now been successfully accomplished for the first time in man.
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D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D017602:Lithotripsy, Laser