title: [Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of bile duct calculi].
abstract: Shockwave therapy of bile duct stones is not dependent on difficult preconditions concerning stone-volume and -composition or subsequent lythic therapy. Its main indication is failure of endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST). Shockwave lithotripsy of bile duct stones--which may even be carried out even instead of EST in specific cases--is with a success rate of 80 to 95% as effective as shockwave lithotripsy in urology.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik A, Universität Witten-Herdecke.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jakobeit
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
vernacular_title: Extrakorporale Stosswellenlithotripsie von Gallengangsteinen.