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Endoscopic laser lithotripsy for complicated bile duct stones: is cholangioscopic guidance necessary?
2007
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic papillotomy is successful in more than 95% of the cases of choledocholithiasis. For patients with difficult bile duct stones not responding to mechanical lithotripsy, different methods for stone fragmentation have been developed. AIM: To compare the results of laser lithotripsy with a stone-tissue recognizing system, when guided by fluoroscopy only or by cholangioscopy. METHODS: Between 1992 and 2002 we have treated 89 patients with difficult bile duct stones by
doi:10.1590/s0004-28032007000200010
pmid:17962859
fatcat:uenhv6xlpnga3cnoigj6bvz3qi