title: [Use of a high-frequency pulsed hydro jet in the percutaneous treatment of biliary tract calculi].
abstract: A new system (Broxo Jet) is described for bile duct washing to complete mechanical maneuvers during nonsurgical treatment of intra- and extrahepatic calculi. The device is connected either to a percutaneous biliary drainage catheter or to a fibroscope, and provides a high-frequency pulsating water jet. Seven patients with intra- and extrahepatic bile duct stones were treated with this new technique. Complete resolution was observed in 4/7 cases. The water jet allows the mobilization of even the biggest stones and the elimination of stone debris, as well as the removing of fibrin and necrotic tissue fragments tightly attached to bile duct walls in subacute cholangitis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università Torino.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cesarani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Righi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Juliani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Recchia
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Fronda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002758:Cholangiography; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: L'impiego dell'idrogetto pulsato ad alta frequenza nel trattamento percutaneo della calcolosi delle vie biliari.