Fragmentation of biliary stones with a 3
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Weiqiang Shi; Thanassis Papaioannou; Leon Daykhovsky; Sandor G. Vari; Warren S.
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The use of a XeCl excimer laser (308 nm) for biliary stone f r a g mentation is reported. Laser energy is delivered via UV grade fused silica fibers to the target stones immersed in normal saline solution. Sixty biliary calculi-pigment (n = 40), and cholesterol (n = 20)-were fragmented in vitro. The