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Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy and Laser Lithotripsy

2017
Mechanical lithotripsy is usually employed for the fragmentation of large common bile duct (CBD) stones. However, refractory CBD stones, stones larger than 2 cm in size, those firmly impacted, those located above a bile duct stricture, and those located in the intrahepatic bile duct, or cases of Mirizzi syndrome are difficult to treat.
Kenjiro Yasuda, Koji Uno
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Mechanical Lithotripsy

Gastroenterology Nursing, 1994
Endoscopic lithotripsy is a procedure used for the removal of large stones in the common bile duct that cannot be removed after sphincterotomy. This procedure causes fragmentation of large stones, which allows easier retrieval of stones by other instruments such as balloons or baskets.
D, Murphy, D, Berry
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Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy

Current Opinion in Urology, 1999
The indications for ureteroscopic lithotripsy have increased with endoscope miniaturization and powerful, precise endoscopic lithotrites like the holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser. Successful ureteropyeloscopic treatment with the currently available instrumentation and techniques is independent of the size, composition, and location of stones in ...
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Percutaneous Lithotripsy

Journal of Urology, 1983
We have performed percutaneous extractions of renal pelvic stones in 194 patients via the Wolf percutaneous universal nephroscope. At 1 session, with the patient under general anesthesia, a percutaneous tract is dilated to 24F and the stone is removed immediately.
J W, Segura   +4 more
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Biliary lithotripsy

The American Journal of Surgery, 1989
At Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, we began performing lithotripsy with the Medstone STS lithotripter for gallstones in January 1988 and in the first year treated 81 patients. Fifty-five of these patients were available for 4-month follow-up.
D, Vanderpool   +3 more
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