title: [Extracorporeal lithotripsy in the treatment of biliary tract calculi].
abstract: The authors subjected to the effects of a shock wave 20 concrements of the biliary pathways. Their size varied but was within the range of 8-30 mm. Their chemical composition and crystalline pattern from which ensues the hardness of the concrement was verified by the method of X-ray diffraction. It was confirmed that the apparatus MEDILIT 5 which uses discharges of electric sparks between two electrodes deposited under water is able to destroy concrements of the biliary pathways to a maximum size of 3 mm. This effect is independent on the chemical composition of the concrements, their hardness and size up to a diameter of 30 mm.
authors.affiliation: I. chirurgická klinika FN, Olomouc.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vojácek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Král
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krausová
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zát'ura
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy
vernacular_title: Vyuzití extrakorporální litotrypse v lécbĕ kamenů zlucových cest.