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1350245

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
The pulsed dye laser is safe and effective in lithotripsy of biliary and pancreatic ductal stones, however delivery of the laser energy to the site of the calculi is technically difficult. A 3.4 mm miniscope inserted through a standard duodenoscope was used for transpapillary laser application under direct vision in one patient with an impacted pancreatic stone and in three patients with bile duct stones not amenable to treatment by routine endoscopy. Lithotripsy and ductal clearance was achieved in 3 of the 4 patients within a single treatment session. Percutaneous transhepatic laser lithotripsy via a 3.7 mm miniscope succeeded in the patient in whom the peroral approach had failed and in two further patients with bile duct stones not accessible by a retrograde approach. There were no major complications. The miniscopes provide an appropriate direct visual control for laser lithotripsy of pancreatobiliary calculi. This approach using miniscopes seems to be an effective, minimally invasive and time-saving alternative to conventional endoscopic laser lithotripsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0013-726X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
208-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Laser lithotripsy of pancreatic and biliary stones via 3.4 mm and 3.7 mm miniscopes: first clinical results.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine II, Technical University, Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article