Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy of Primary Intrahepatic Stones
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Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy of Primary Intrahepatic Stones
Extracorporeal shockwave lithothripsy (ESWL) was performed in intrahepatic stone patients (n = 18) by Dornier MPL 9,000 with ultrasound guidance. The patients had T-tube (n = 9) or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage tube (n = 9). Average treatment session was four and shock-wave numbers were in the range of 3,064 to 12,000 (average 6,288 shocks). Intrahepatic stones were removed complet...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1226-3303,2005-6648
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.1992.7.1.25