Chen KH et al, 2018: A Young Man With Epigastric Pain After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy.
Chen KH, Shen CY, Su YJ.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, HsinChu, Taiwan.
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Gastroenterology. 2018 May 8. pii: S0016-5085(18)34531-1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.01.073. [Epub ahead of print]
Comments 1
Acute pancreatitis as a consequence of SWL has previously been reported in occasional patients but is uncommon. The reviewer has not encountered this complication despite treatment experience from a large number of stones treated in the proximal ureter and kidney. Acute pancreatitis is also uncommon following SWL of pancreatic duct stones despite SW power directed towards the pancreatic head.