DENSELY CALCIFIED GALLSTONE TREATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH PIEZOELECTRIC LITHOTRIPSY

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ALBERT, MB
FROMM, H
SHEHAN, CM
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[1] Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
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10.1016/0016-5085(90)90302-H
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R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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A patient with biliary pain and a densely calcified gallbladder stone was treated successfully with piezoelectric extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. The gallstone was fragmented to particles of less than 1-2 mm in diameter in a single 1-h session. The procedure was performed in the outpatient setting and required no anesthesia or analgesia. Follow-up sonograms showed that clearance of residual fragments from the gallbladder had occurred within 1 wk. Our encouraging treatment result suggests the need for future research to be directed towards broadening the currently recommended criteria for biliary lithotripsy, which currently exclude treatment of densely calcified gallstones. © 1990.
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