caa a22 4500 465736327 CHVBK 20180323111755.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02578030 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02578030 Dissolution of cholesterol gallstones using methyl tert-butyl ether [Elektronische Daten] [Hugh Williams Jr., Claire Bender, Andrew LeRoy] Symptomatic cholelithiasis affects a large segment of the population. Several nonoperative therapeutic alternatives for treatment of these gallstones have recently been developed. We present here the technical aspects and results of gallstone dissolution in 75 patients with the use of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) administered via a small percutaneously placed cholecystostomy catheter. Successful stone dissolution was achieved in 69 patients. The average time required for stone dissolution was 12.4 h over an average of 2.4 days, with the success and rate of dissolution being very dependent on technique. Six patients have developed recurrent gallstones. Future efforts will focus on decreasing the labor intensity of the procedure, dealing with the noncholesterol components of gallstones, and preventing gallstone recurrence. Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1990 Gallstones nationallicence Gallstone dissolution nationallicence Nonoperative therapy nationallicence Percutaneous cholecystostomy nationallicence Williams Jr. Hugh Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Road, 32224, Jacksonville, FL, USA aut Bender Claire Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA aut LeRoy Andrew Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA aut CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Springer-Verlag 13/4(1990-07-01), 272-277 0174-1551 13:4<272 1990 13 270 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578030 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578030 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams Jr Hugh Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Road, 32224, Jacksonville, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bender Claire Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- LeRoy Andrew Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Springer-Verlag 13/4(1990-07-01), 272-277 0174-1551 13:4<272 1990 13 270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer