Percutaneous transhepatic cholecystoscopic gallstone fragmentation: a novel approach for the medically unfit patient?
Management of the surgically unfit patient with symptomatic cholelithiasis can be fraught with difficulty. We describe the case of on such gentleman in whom percutaneous transhepatic cholecystoscopy was used to completely fragment a large gallbladder calculus through the use of a nephroscope and Swiss lithoclast Master.
St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4. doireannjoyce@rcsi.ie
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012092:Replantation; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome