The use of holmium laser technology for the treatment of refractory common bile duct stones, with a short review of the relevant literature

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-172

  Day, Andrew ^a,b   Sayegh, Mazin E ^a   Kastner, Christof ^a   Liston, Tom ^a  

^a Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b MRCS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile duct; Gall stones; Laser

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CYSTIC DUCT; ENDOCYTOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LASER SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER;

EID: 67649588940     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350609338373     Document Type: Review

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