Clinical usefulness of transpapillary removal of common bile duct stones by frequency doubled double pulse Nd: YAG laser

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2863-2866

  Kim, Tae Hyeon ^a   Oh, Hyo Jeong ^a   Choi, Chang Soo ^a   Yeom, Dong Han ^a   Choi, Suck Chei ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balloon catheter; Bile duct stones; Frequency doubled double pulse Nd: YAG laser; Mechanical lithotripsy; Transpapillary removal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FREQUENCY DOUBLED DOUBLE PULSE NEODYMIUM LASER; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LASER SAFETY; LAVAGE; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 48049111587     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.2863     Document Type: Article

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