title: [Percutaneous choledochoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy].
abstract: Treatment of biliary stones impacted in the distal, common bile duct is a technical challenge. We report 2 consecutive patients, a woman aged 80 years and a man aged 64, in whom all operative attempts failed. In both, the stone was removed by percutaneous, choledochoscopic, electrohydraulic lithotripsy in a single session. To the best of our knowledge these are the first such cases reported in Israel.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Urology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin.
authors.forename: Y I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zisman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scapa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halevy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002768:Choledochostomy / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D004598:Electrosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged