title: Holmium laser lithotripsy of a complicated biliary calculus.
abstract: More than 500,000 cholecystectomies are performed annually. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy and endoscopic laser lithotripsy have been used for the management of common bile duct calculi, which complicate 10% of cases. We report the first successful clinical application of the Ho:YAG laser to a complex biliary calculus case.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of California at San Diego, 92103-8897, USA. mmonga@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monga
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Gabal-Shehab
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamarei
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006695:Holmium; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006695:Holmium