Factors affecting gallstone recurrence after successful extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 230-232

  Ochi, Hidenori ^a   Tazuma, Susumu ^a   Kajihara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hyogo, Hideyuki ^a   Sunami, Yasushi ^a   Yasumiba, Shigeyuki ^a   Nakai, Kuniharu ^a   Tsuboi, Kazuhiko ^a   Asamoto, Yasumasa ^a   Sakomoto, Minoru ^a   Kajiyama, Goro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Gallstone recurrence

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0033800698     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200010000-00009     Document Type: Article

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