Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Large Common Bile Duct and Pancreatic Duct Stones: Efficacy, Safety and Analysis of Factors That Favor Stone Fragmentation

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Large Common Bile Duct and Pancreatic Duct Stones: Efficacy, Safety and Analysis of Factors That Favor Stone Fragmentation

Background: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) with subsequent endoscopic extraction of residual fragments is an established treatment option in technically challenging situations for extraction of pancreatic and common bile duct calculi. Common bile duct (CBD) stone fragmentation rates of...

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Main Authors: Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Zaffar Ali Wani, Hilal Ahmad Dar, Altaf H Shah, Bhagat Singh, Gul Javid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
common bile duct
extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
main pancreatic duct
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1693275

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