title: [Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of bile duct stones].
abstract: Ten patients with common bile duct stones not removable by endoscopic measures after sphincterotomy were treated by extracorporeally generated shock waves. In 9 patients stones up to 30 mm in diameter were disintegrated. Two patients became free of stone fragments spontaneously within one day and in 7 patients the stone fragments were extracted endoscopically. No complications occurred. Extracorporal shock wave treatment represents a promising alternative to surgery in cases where common bile duct stones cannot be extracted endoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Department für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital, Zürich.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bühler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ammann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hauri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Knönagel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Münch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Siegenthaler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002758:Cholangiography; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Extrakorporale Stosswellenlithotripsie (ESWL) zur Behandlung von Gallengangssteinen.