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Dissolution of Stones in the Common Bile Duct with Bile‐Salt Solutions 1
Author(s) -
Toouli J.,
Jablonski P.,
Watts J. McK.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb03899.x
Subject(s) - medicine , salt (chemistry) , bile duct , common bile duct , gastroenterology , dissolution , chemical engineering , chemistry , engineering
Sixteen patients with stones in the biliary tree were treated by infusion of bile‐salt solutions into the T‐tube. In 13 of these patients the stones were removed by this procedure. This method provides a safe, effective and non‐invasive technique for the removal of such stones.