Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy of Gallbladder Stones: An Alternative for the Selected Few

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 379-384

  Borch, Kurt ^a   Jönsson, Kjell Åke ^a   Lindström, Eva ^a   Carlsson, Per ^b   Kullman, Eric ^a   Ihse, Ingemar ^a,c   Svanvik, Joar ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complications; ESWL; Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Gallbladder; Gallstone; Litholysis; Lithotripsy; Recurrence; Selection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE DISSOLUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0029948142     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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