[Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy].
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed in 84 patients with gallbladder stones. The gallstones completely disappeared within 12 months after ESWL, in 31% of the patients with one to three radiolucent stones not larger than 3 cm in diameter and in 57% of the patients with a solitary stone up to 2 cm with the ultrasonographic gallstone pattern of I a or I b. There was no major complication. ESWL is a safe and effective treatment in selected patients with a solitary radiolucent stone not larger than 2 cm with I a or I b pattern.
Sugiyama
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Faculty of Medicine, First Department of Surgery, Tokyo University.
Muto
T
T
Atomi
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Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged