PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) on lower calyceal calculi in relation to the renal anatomical factors and determine which of these factors can be used ...

When you have a problem with your gallbladder, like gallstones, your doctor may recommend that you have surgery to remove your gallbladder. Your gallbladder is an organ that you can live without ...

Gallstones are one of the most common and costly digestive disorders in the modern industrialized world. [1] Some 15% of populations in most Western countries have gallstones. The primary ...

In 1981, the National Cooperative Gallstone Study established the efficacy and safety of CDCA therapy. [26] Although gallstones could be dissolved by oral administration of CDCA, its efficacy was ...

ANSWER: Gallstones are common (6% of men and 9% of women will get one over a lifetime) and are mostly composed of bile salts and cholesterol. The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and the risk ...

For people who are not good candidates for surgery (such as those with significant medical illnesses) or people who do not want surgery, there are other options. Medications given by mouth, such as ...

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“It was one of the keystones to us eventually finding management and then a label,” Jafar recalls. “And the song they used fits so well with the show.” Before long their songs started ...

This case report describes the successful treatment of post-ERCP gallstone ileus using endoscopic stone extraction and fragmentation techniques. Keywords: Gallstone ileus, Mechanical lithotripsy, ...

TUPELO – Dr. Will Cauthen doesn't have to crunch numbers in his head when speaking of the gallbladder surgeries he's performed. He does between 200 to 250 a year.

Answer: Gallstones are common (6% of men and 9% of women will get one over a lifetime) and are mostly composed of bile salts and cholesterol. The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and the ...

3 Kim FJ, Rice KR. Prediction of shockwave failure in patients with urinary tract stones. Curr Opin Urol. 2006;16:88-92. 4 Zheng S, Liu LR, Yuan HC, Wei Q. Tamsulosin as adjunctive treatment after ...