Lithotomy of intrahepatic and choledochal stones with Yag laser

Eight patients with intrahepatic bile duct stones and three with choledochal stones were treated by Yag laser using a choledochofiberscope. A choledochoscope was inserted through a T-tube fistula in five patients or a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage fistula in six patients. In one patien...

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Published inSurgery, gynecology & obstetrics Vol. 156; no. 4; p. 485
Main Authors Orii, K, Ozaki, A, Takase, Y, Iwasaki, Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.1983
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Bilirubin
Cholelithiasis - diagnostic imaging
Cholelithiasis - surgery
Drainage - instrumentation
Female
Fiber Optic Technology
Gallstones - diagnostic imaging
Gallstones - surgery
Hepatic Duct, Common - diagnostic imaging
Hepatic Duct, Common - surgery
Humans
Intubation, Gastrointestinal
Laser Therapy
Liver - surgery
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Radiography
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Summary:Eight patients with intrahepatic bile duct stones and three with choledochal stones were treated by Yag laser using a choledochofiberscope. A choledochoscope was inserted through a T-tube fistula in five patients or a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage fistula in six patients. In one patient, right partial lobectomy of the liver was performed after most of the stones were withdrawn, since some stones in the extremely narrow bile duct had not been removed. Most of the intrahepatic bile duct stones and choledochal stones will be withdrawn using the Yag laser and a choledochofiberscope, when they were bilirubin stones.
ISSN:0039-6087