Fragmentation of bile duct stones by extracorporeal shock‐wave lithotripsy: A five‐year experience
Tilman Sauerbruch, Joseph Holl, Michael Sackmann, Gustav Paumgartner – 1 February 1992 – Over 5 yr, 103 elderly patients (mean age = 70 yr) with bile duct stones (mainly not amenable to endoscopic extraction) underwent adjuvant extracorporeal shock‐wave lithotripsy using a first‐generation kidney lithotripter. Disintegration of stones was achieved after a mean of 1.4 sessions in 92% of the patients.