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To determine whether extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of gallbladder stones alters gallbladder motility, gallbladder contraction in response to intravenous cholecystokinin was investigated by ultrasound. Twenty-one patients with symptomatic gallstones were studied before and after shock-wave lithotripsy, 12 with and 9 without concomitant litholytic therapy (combination of ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid). Gallbladder emptying was significantly delayed and less complete in both groups of patients before shock-wave treatment (with bile salts: residual volume, 51% +/- 10% and half-ejection time, 40 +/- 5 min; without bile salts: residual volume, 46% +/- 7%; half-ejection time, 30 +/- 4 min) compared with healthy controls (residual volume, 15% +/- 4%; half-ejection time, 18 +/- 2 min). Gallbladder motility was not altered in either group 1 day and 1 yr after lithotripsy. The findings indicate (a) that extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy has no immediate or long-term adverse effects on gallbladder motility and (b) that the defect of gallbladder motility associated with gallstone disease is not abolished by removal of the stone.
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