| pubmed-article:7588353 | pubmed:abstractText | Endoscopic extraction of bile duct stones may be complicated by impaction of the Dormia basket with captured stones, or rupture of the traction wire of the basket during mechanical lithotripsy. In an attempt to release impacted baskets by nonoperative means, we studied the efficacy of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy in this dangerous clinical situation. | lld:pubmed |
