Abstract
Fifteen patients with cholesterol, or mixed cholesterol stones of the intra- and extrahepatic bile duets have been treated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Patients underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by local injection of the solvent through an external-biliary drainage catheter. Complete stone dissolution was obtained in 12 patients, while in the remaining 3 it was necessary to perform further mechanical manoeuvres. Check-up performed at discharge and after 1-3 months from end of treatment proved the absence of complications and of stone relapse. Four patients who agreed to undergo ERCP 8-18 months after MTBE treatment showed no stone recurrence, no iatrogenic strictures and no duodenal lesions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 150-157 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Interventional Radiology |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1988 |
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The use of methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE) in the therapy of biliary cholesterinic lithiasis. / Gandini, G.; Bonardi, L.; Cesarani, F.; Gabasio, S.; Juliani, E.; Regge, D.; Righi, D.; Verme, G.
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T1 - The use of methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE) in the therapy of biliary cholesterinic lithiasis
AU - Gandini, G.
AU - Bonardi, L.
AU - Cesarani, F.
AU - Gabasio, S.
AU - Juliani, E.
AU - Regge, D.
AU - Righi, D.
AU - Verme, G.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Fifteen patients with cholesterol, or mixed cholesterol stones of the intra- and extrahepatic bile duets have been treated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Patients underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by local injection of the solvent through an external-biliary drainage catheter. Complete stone dissolution was obtained in 12 patients, while in the remaining 3 it was necessary to perform further mechanical manoeuvres. Check-up performed at discharge and after 1-3 months from end of treatment proved the absence of complications and of stone relapse. Four patients who agreed to undergo ERCP 8-18 months after MTBE treatment showed no stone recurrence, no iatrogenic strictures and no duodenal lesions.
AB - Fifteen patients with cholesterol, or mixed cholesterol stones of the intra- and extrahepatic bile duets have been treated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Patients underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by local injection of the solvent through an external-biliary drainage catheter. Complete stone dissolution was obtained in 12 patients, while in the remaining 3 it was necessary to perform further mechanical manoeuvres. Check-up performed at discharge and after 1-3 months from end of treatment proved the absence of complications and of stone relapse. Four patients who agreed to undergo ERCP 8-18 months after MTBE treatment showed no stone recurrence, no iatrogenic strictures and no duodenal lesions.
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VL - 3
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JF - Journal of Interventional Radiology
SN - 0268-0882
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