Gallstone dissolution therapy

EXTRACORPOREALLY INDUCED DESTRUCTION OF KIDNEY STONES BY SHOCK WAVES

1980 • 1,173 citations

Dissolution of Cholesterol Gallstones by Chenodeoxycholic Acid

1972 • 652 citations

The Natural History of Silent Gallstones

1982 • 586 citations

Fragmentation of Gallstones by Extracorporeal Shock Waves

1986 • 540 citations

Chenodiol (Chenodeoxycholic Acid) for Dissolution of Gallstones: The National Cooperative Gallstone Study

1981 • 483 citations

The Natural History of Diagnosed Gallstone in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Disease Patients

1985 • 348 citations

Ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of cholesterol cholelithiasis part II

1982 • 336 citations

Rapid Dissolution of Gallstones by Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether

1985 • 267 citations

GALLSTONE DISSOLUTION IN MAN USING CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID

1972 • 259 citations

Prophylactic Cholecystectomy or Expectant Management for Silent Gallstones

1983 • 239 citations

The Principles and Practice of Medicine

1905 • 226 citations

Ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of cholesterol cholelithiasis

1982 • 218 citations

Experimental Evidence for a Vagally Mediated and Cholecystokinin-independent Enteropancreatic Reflex

1985 • 212 citations

Gallstone dissolution with ursodeoxycholic acid in patients with chronic active hepatitis and two years follow-up

1985 • 174 citations

Comparative Effects of Ursodeoxycholic Acid and Chenodeoxycholic Acid on Bile Acid Kinetics and Biliary Lipid Secretion in Humans

1983 • 162 citations

Comparative Efficacy and Side Effects of Ursodeoxycholic and Chenodeoxycholic Acids in Dissolving Gallstones

1983 • 140 citations

The role of the gallbladder in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones

1979 • 139 citations

Monooctanoin, a dissolution agent for retained cholesterol bile duct stones: Physical properties and clinical application

1980 • 137 citations

Ursodeoxycholic Acid Vs. Chenodeoxycholic Acid As Cholesterol Gallstone–Dissolving Agents: A Comparative Randomized Study

1982 • 137 citations

Cholelitholysis Using Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

1985 • 136 citations

Ursodeoxycholic Acid: A Safe and Effective Agent for Dissolving Cholesterol Gallstones

1982 • 136 citations

Chenotherapy for Gallstone Dissolution

1978 • 119 citations

Effect of High and Low Doses of Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Gallstone Dissolution in Humans

1980 • 113 citations

Cholesterol gallstone dissolution in bile. Dissolution kinetics of crystalline cholesterol monohydrate by conjugated chenodeoxycholate-lecithin and conjugated ursodeoxycholate-lecithin mixtures: dissimilar phase equilibria and dissolution mechanisms

1983 • 111 citations

Evaluation of Radiographic Lucency or Opaqueness of Gallstones as a Means of Identifying Cholesterol or Pigment Stones

1975 • 108 citations

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

1909 • 103 citations

Differences in the effects of chenodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acid on biliary lipid secretion and bile acid synthesis in patients with gallstones

1984 • 97 citations

The value of radiology in predicting gallstone type when selecting patients for medical treatment.

1975 • 96 citations

Effect of ursodeoxycholate and its taurine conjugate on bile acid synthesis and cholesterol absorption

1984 • 95 citations

National Cooperative Gallstone Study: the effect of chenodeoxycholic acid on lipoproteins and apolipoproteins.

1982 • 89 citations

Regulation of rat biliary cholesterol secretion by agents that alter intrahepatic cholesterol metabolism. Evidence for a distinct biliary precursor pool.

1985 • 87 citations

Effects of biliary bile acid composition on biliary cholesterol saturation in gallstone patients treated with chenodeoxycholic acid and/or ursodeoxycholic acid

1980 • 82 citations

Hepatic HMGCoA reductase in human cholelithiasis: effects of chenodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acids*

1980 • 76 citations

Effect of three different dihydroxy bile acids on intestinal cholesterol absorption in normal volunteers

1984 • 74 citations

National Cooperative Gallstone Study

1982 • 73 citations

The Effect of Progesterone on the Regulatory Mechanisms of Biliary Cholesterol Secretion in the Rat

2007 • 70 citations

Mesophase formation during cholesterol dissolution in ursodeoxycholate–lecithin solutions: New mechanism for gallstone dissolution in humans

1980 • 68 citations

Epidemiology and Prevention of Gallstone Disease

1984 • 65 citations

Ursodeoxycholic acid treatment in cholesterol gallstone disease: effects on hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity, biliary lipid composition, and plasma lipid levels

1983 • 59 citations

Gallstone dissolution treatment with a combination of chenodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acids

1986 • 52 citations

Effects of Acute Bile Acid Administration on Biliary Lipid Secretion in Healthy Volunteers

1982 • 52 citations

Gallstone dissolution and the cholesterol-bile acid-lipoprotein axis. Propitious effects of ursodeoxycholic acid

1984 • 43 citations

Untersuchungen zur Gallensteinauflösung in vivo

1975 • 42 citations

Recent advances in bile acid research

1986 • 33 citations

The Medical Treatment of Gallstones

1980 • 33 citations

Study of the sensitivity and specificity of computerized tomography in the detection of calcified gallstones which appear radiolucent by conventional roentgenography

1981 • 33 citations

Medical treatment of gallstones

1978 • 25 citations

[Recurrence and prevention of recurrence after dissolution of gallbladder lithiasis by chenodeoxycholic acid in 22 patients].

1983 • 24 citations

Ultrasonic lithotripsy of gallstones after cholecystostomy

1984 • 23 citations

Effects of Chenodeoxy- and Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Absorption, Secretion and Permeability in Rat Colon and Small Intestine

1980 • 22 citations

Ultrasonic fragmentation of gallstones in vitro.

1985 • 14 citations

Relationships between serum lipids and cholelithiasis: observations in the GREPCO study

1984 • 12 citations

Clinical symptoms and gallstone disease: lessons from a population study

1984 • 10 citations

The GREPCO research programmes: aims and prevalence data

1984 • 9 citations