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Endoscopy 1986; 18(4): 144-145
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018356
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The First Successful Endoscopic Retrograde Laser Lithotripsy of Common Bile Duct Stones in Man using a Pulsed Neodymium-YAG Laser

G. Lux, Ch. Ell, J. Hochberger, D. Müller, L. Demling
  • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Head: Prof. Dr. med. L. Demling)
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

Lumen-filling calculi in the common bile duct are frequently inaccessible to endoscopic treatment. With the aid of a flash lamp pulsed Nd:YAG laser, endoscopic retrograde lithotripsy of such calculi has now been successfully accomplished for the first time in man.

Key words:

Choledocholithiasis - Lithotripsy - Laser - Pulsed laser - Laser lithotripsy