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Efficacy of Combined Endoscopic Lithotomy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy, and Additional Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy Using the SpyGlass Direct Visualization System or X-Ray Guided EHL as Needed, for Pancreatic Lithiasis

Ken Ito, Yoshinori Igarashi, Naoki Okano, Takahiko Mimura, Yui Kishimoto, Seiichi Hara, Kensuke Takuma

BioMed Research International · 2014 · 36 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

In cases where combined ET/ESWL was not successful for stone clearance, EHL using the SpyGlass system or X-ray guided EHL was effective in cases where the guidewire could be negotiated through the MPD stricture and it increased the fragmentation rate.

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