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Percutaneous transhepatic gallstone removal by nephroscopic technique in a case of cholelithogenous liver abscess

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Abstract

In a patient with intrahepatic bile duct obstruction in the right lobe due to a retained stone, we succeeded in removing the calculus with a nephroscope through a percutaneous transhepatic puncture after a failed surgical attempt to extract the stone.

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Chez un patient présentant une obstruction biliaire intrahépatique du lobe droit due à une lithiase intrahépatique résiduelle, et après échec de la chirurgie, nous avons réussi à enléver l'obstacle grâce à un néphroscope introduit par ponction transhépatique percutanée.

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Hemos logrado la remoción exitosa de un cálculo en un paciente con obstructión biliar intrahepática por litiasis residual después de coledocoduodenostomía y hepaticoyeyunostomía de Roux-en-Y por coledocolitiasis y colangitis, mediante el uso de un nefroscopio introducido por punción percutánea transhepática.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, and Department of Urology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria

    Günther Janetschek M.D., Martin Aufschnaiter M.D. & Ernst Bodner M.D.

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Janetschek, G., Aufschnaiter, M. & Bodner, E. Percutaneous transhepatic gallstone removal by nephroscopic technique in a case of cholelithogenous liver abscess. World J. Surg. 12, 691–693 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01655888

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