Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of the common bile duct stone with ultrasound localization

J Benes; J Chmel; V Dufek; V Kordac; C Stuka; P Sunka; M Kaláb; A Horejsí

doi:10.1016/0168-8278(89)90081-0

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of the common bile duct stone with ultrasound localization

J Hepatol. 1989 Jul;9(1):95-8. doi: 10.1016/0168-8278(89)90081-0.

Authors

J Benes¹, J Chmel, V Dufek, V Kordac, C Stuka, P Sunka, M Kaláb, A Horejsí

Affiliation

¹ 1st Department of Medicine, Faculty of General Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

PMID: 2671122
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8278(89)90081-0

Abstract

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy with ultrasonographic localization of the common bile duct stone was successfully performed. The apparatus used is described and the advantages and disadvantages of ultrasonographic versus X-ray common bile duct stone localization are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Female
Gallstones / therapy*
Humans
Lithotripsy*
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography