The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE785
February 10, 1989
Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy for Gallbladder Stones
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Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy for Gallbladder Stones
February 10, 1989 (Issue: 785)
Shock-wave generators like those now widely used to disintegrate urinary tract stones (Medical Letter, 27:72, 1985) have recently also been tried for treatment of radiolucent gallbladder stones. Three different types of lithotripsy devices,...more
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