Clinical role of frequency-doubled double-pulsed yttrium aluminum garnet laser technology for removing difficult bile duct stones (with videos)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 684-689

  Cho, Young Deok ^a   Cheon, Young Koog ^a   Moon, Jong Ho ^a   Jeong, Soung Won ^a   Jang, Jae Young ^a   Lee, Joon Seong ^a   Shim, Chan Sup ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FREQUENCY DOUBLED DOUBLE PULSE YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET YAG LASER; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349305738     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.1170     Document Type: Article

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