Percutaneous transhepatic endoscopic holmium laser lithotripsy for intrahepatic and choledochal biliary stones

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1262-1266

  Rimon, Uri ^a   Kleinmann, Nir ^a   Bensaid, Paul ^a   Golan, Gil ^a   Garniek, Alexander ^a   Khaitovich, Boris ^a   Winkler, Harry ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Common bile duct stones; Laser lithotripsy; Trans hepatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLEDOCHALENTERIC ANASTOMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE SIZE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC ENDOSCOPIC HOLMIUM LASER LITHOTRIPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; STONE DISSOLUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856761152     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-0058-x     Document Type: Article

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