title: The first successful endoscopic retrograde laser lithotripsy of common bile duct stones in man using a pulsed neodymium-YAG laser.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hochberger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Demling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D017602:Lithotripsy, Laser