一种新型治疗胆结石的直接溶解药物,比目前使用的溶石疗法效用快,而且价廉,目前正进行早期临床试验。 Johnson L Thistle和纽约梅奥医院试验研究小组将甲基特丁基乙醚(methyltert-butyl ether,MTBE)注入到胆石症病人的胆囊内。三名病人的胆固醇混合结石由数毫米至约20毫米,另一名病人的结石位于肝内胆管,有9毫米大。在初次注入药物后(用1.7毫米 A new direct-dissolving drug for the treatment of gallstones is more effective and cost-effective than the currently used limestone therapy and early clinical trials are currently underway. Johnson L Thistle and Mayo NY Test Group injected methyltert-butyl ether (MTBE) into the gallbladder of patients with cholelithiasis. The cholesterol-mixed stones in the three patients ranged from a few millimeters to about 20 millimeters. The other patient’s calculus was located in the intrahepatic bile duct and was 9 mm wide. After the first injection of the drug (with 1.7 mm