Treatment of difficult intrahepatic stones by using extracorporeal and intracorporeal lithotripsy techniques: 10 Years' experience in 55 patients

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1157-1161

  Adamek, Henning E ^a,b   Schneider, A R J ^a   Adamek, M U ^a   Jakobs, R ^a   Buttmann, A ^a   Benz, C ^a   Riemann, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrohydraulic lithotripsy; Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Hepatolithiasis; Laser lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032738488     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750024986     Document Type: Article

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