Feldman R K, Freeny P C, Kozarek R A
Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, WA 98111.
Radiology. 1990 Mar;174(3 Pt 1):793-5. doi: 10.1148/radiology.174.3.1968280.
Percutaneous tunable dye laser lithotripsy was used in two patients to successfully fragment a 2-cm left hepatic duct calculus and a 5-mm main pancreatic duct calculus. Tunable dye laser lithotripsy may prove to be a more effective alternative to mechanical lithotripsy.