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1553825

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
420 patients were referred to our center for gallstone lithotripsy. 97 patients (23%) with radiolucent gallbladder stones (total diameter less than or equal to 3 cm) and intact gallbladder function were found suitable for extracorporal shock-wave lithotripsy. Disintegration of gallbladder stones was achieved in 92 of the 97 patients (95%). Chenodeoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid were used as adjuvant litholytic therapy. The therapeutic results were evaluated cumulatively in 90 patients after a follow-up of 10 months. 80% of patients with solitary stones (less than or equal to 20 mm in diameter (n = 46) had a stone-free gallbladder, whereas patients with solitary stones greater than 2 cm, less than or equal to 3 cm in diameter (n = 20) and multiple stones (n = 22) became stone-free in only 28% (p less than 0.01). During the observation period 21 patients (23%) experienced biliary colics, 2 (2%) mild pancreatitis, 2 (2%) showed fragment impaction in the common bile duct, and 17 (19%) displayed transient microscopic hematuria. Our results confirm previous studies showing that solitary stones sized up to 2 cm in diameter represent the best suited subgroup for extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0044-2771
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
121-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Combination therapy of gallbladder stones using extracorporeal shock waves and bile acids: results in relation to stone diameter and stone number].
pubmed:affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract