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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Tunable dye laser lithotripsy is an effective and low risk treatment in patients with bile duct stones in which transpapillary maneuvers failed. The percutaneous approach allows to introduce small caliber endoscopes (10.5 F) to fragment the calculi under vision. This technique was evaluated in 8 patients who had undergone a biliodigestive anastomosis or in whom the biliary calculi could not removed by standard retrograde treatment. Laser lithotripsy resulted in sufficient fragmentation in 7 patients. Bile duct clearance proved to be a particular problem with the percutaneous access. When a retrograde sphincterotomy is not possible an antegrade papillotomy must be attempted under fluoroscopic guidance. In bile duct strictures the implantation of expandable stents facilitates the passage of fragments and may prevent recurrent stricture and development of new stones.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0044-2771
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
748-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic color laser lithotripsy in bile duct calculi].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für Radiologische Diagnostik, Radiologische Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract