Treatment of Bile Duct Stones Endoscopically and by Extracorporeal Shock Waves

Endoscopic sphi ncterotomy was performed in a 68-year-old female patient with multiple stones in the common bile duct and cholangitis. Because the extraction of all the stones was not achieved extracorporeal lithotripsy was performed. Following fragmentation all the residual stones passed spontaneou...

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Main Authors: Oscar L. Koller, Richard W. Norman, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, Michael Woolnough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1988-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1988/307153