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15513369

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Gastric outlet obstruction as a result of gallstone (Bouveret syndrome) is a rare but serious complication of cholelithiasis. In many cases, surgery has been conducted for treatment. In recent years, minimal invasive treatment modalities (e.g. shockwave lithotripsy) have been shown to be effective in some of those patients. Laserlithotripsy has so far been described in two cases with a Rhodamine-6G dye laser. We present the case of a 90-year-old woman with duodenal obstruction due to a huge gallstone. The patient was referred to our hospital because attempts at endoscopic extraction and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy had failed. The man was treated successfully in just one session with a new cost-efficient frequency doubled doublepulse Nd:YAG laser (FREDDY) using a total of 5726 laser pulses (120 mJ pulse energy, 10 Hz pulse repetition rate) and recovered rapidly. Laserlithotripsy can be considered an effective non-invasive therapeutic alternative to surgical treatment in Bouveret's syndrome, especially in old or high-risk patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
791-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful laserlithotripsy in Bouveret's syndrome using a new frequency doubled doublepulse Nd:YAG laser (FREDDY).
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Medicine I, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. juergen.maiss@med1.imed.uni-erlangen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports