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. 1986 May;18(3):95-6.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1018340.

Laser-induced shockwave lithotripsy of gallstones

C Ell, F Wondrazek, F Frank, J Hochberger, G Lux, L Demling

Laser-induced shockwave lithotripsy of gallstones

C Ell et al. Endoscopy. 1986 May.

Abstract

With the aid of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with energy transmission via a flexible glass fiber, it proves possible under laboratory conditions, to destroy gallstones reliably and reproducibly. Lithotripsy is effected mechanically via a laser-induced local shockwave.

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