Ten years experience with piezoelectric extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of gallbladder stones

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 629-639

  Rabenstein, Thomas ^a   Radespiel Tröger, Martin ^a   Höpfner, Lutz ^a   Benninger, Johannes ^a   Farnbacher, Michael ^a   Greess, Holger ^a   Lenz, Martin ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^a   Schneider, Hans T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Gallbladder stones; Minimal invasive treatment; Non invasive therapy; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19544366771     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200506000-00007     Document Type: Review

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