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Holmium Laser Lithotripsy in the New Stone Age: Dust or Bust?

Frontiers in Surgery, 2017
Modern day holmium laser systems for ureteroscopy (URS) provide users with a range of settings, namely pulse energy (PE), pulse frequency (Fr), and pulse width (PW).
Ali H. Aldoukhi, William W. Roberts, William W. Roberts, Timothy L. Hall, Khurshid R. Ghani   +4 more
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Prediction Of The Energy Required for Ho:YAG Laser Lithotripsy Of Urinary Stones Energy Required for Laser Lithotripsy: Energy Required For Laser Lithotripsy

Urology Journal, 2021
Purpose: In this study, we aimed to find a more accurate predicting constant value of energy per mm3xHounsfield Unit (HU) to ablate urinary stones by endoscopic stone treatment. Material And Methods: The files of 142 patients who underwent rigid or flexible ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy in our clinic between December 2018 and March 2020 were ...
Selmi, Volkan, Oztekin, Unal, Caniklioglu, Mehmet, Isikay, Levent   +3 more
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Upper Urinary Tract Stone Disease: Practical Guidance for Early Assessment and Management

Trends in Urology &Men's Health, Volume 17, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Upper urinary tract stone disease is a common urological condition with high recurrence rates and a significant healthcare burden. Many patients initially present in community or primary care settings, where early assessment and triage influence patient safety, referral timing and subsequent urological management.
Matthew Kwon, Avi Raman
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Cholangiolithiasis postliver transplantation: Successful treatment utilizing percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy and laser lithotripsy

Radiology Case Reports, 2019
Liver transplant is a risk factor for the development of cholangiolithiasis and choledocholithiasis. While usually addressed by endoscopic techniques, percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy combined with laser lithotripsy can be considered a suitable ...
Nariman Nezami, MD, Liliya Benchetrit, MD, Igor Latich, MD, Todd Schlachter, MD   +3 more
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Prognostic Factors for the Outcome of Salivary Gland Holmium: YAG Laser Intraductal Lithotripsy

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2023
Objectives: Holmium: YAG laser has gained its popularity throughout the years and is used to treat sialolithiasis, which helps to overcome the limitations of traditional sialendoscopic lithotripsy for larger-sized salivary stones.
Shuo-Jen Wang MD, Lung-Che Chen MD, Yi-Chih Lin MD, Yen-Chun Chen MD, Luong Huu Dang MD, Po-Yueh Chen MD, Chin-Hui Su MD, PhD, Shih-Han Hung MD   +7 more
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Holmium:YAG Laser Lithotripsy for Urolithiasis in Horses [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2009
Abstract Background Laser lithotripsy has been used as an alternative to surgical removal of uroliths. Objective To describe the procedure and efficacy of laser lithotripsy for removal of lower urinary tract uroliths ...
D C, Grant, J L, Westropp, R, Shiraki, A L, Ruby   +3 more
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Prognostic Factors for Postoperative Complications. An Aggregate Protocol for 10 Observational Studies From the Danish TRIPLE‐A Cohort of 1.2 Million Surgeries

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 70, Issue 7, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Postoperative complications substantially increase morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Understanding prognostic factors is essential for risk stratification, targeted prevention strategies, and development of prediction models.
Anders Peder Højer Karlsen, Asta Prescott, Caroline Folkersen, Jens Laigaard, Atena Saito, Caroline Lando Klammer, Mik Wetterslev, Emil Ipsen Ørskov, Mathilde Fahrendorff, Rebecca Kiær, Helene Holm Laigaard, Nichlas Hovmand, Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Sebastian Buhl Rasmussen, Anders Kehlet Nørskov, Markus Harboe Olsen   +15 more
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Comparison of Moses laser and Raykeen laser in patients with impacted upper ureteral stone undergoing flexible ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy

BMC Urology
Background To compare the operative effect and clinical efficacy of the Moses laser mode and the Raykeen holmium laser energy platform powder mode under flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients with impacted upper ureteral stones.
Liu Haitao, Cao Ben, Chen Xin, Yi Long, Zhang Xu, Xu Junnan, Mai Haixing   +6 more
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Pre‐clinical evaluation of a laser system with emission control based on stone vs soft tissue recognition

BJU International, Volume 138, Issue 2, Page 267-275, August 2026.
Objective To evaluate the feasibility and performance of the StoneSense™ module (SSM; IPG Medical, Marlborough, MA, USA), a prototype real‐time target recognition unit integrated into a IPG Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL). Materials and Methods The SSM analyses the spectral signature of back reflected light‐emitting diode (LED) light from the target ...
Olivier Traxer, Federico Zorzi, IIya V. Yaroslavsky, Anastasia Kovalenko, Viktoriya Andreeva, James Childs, Alexey G. Martov, Gregory Altshuler   +7 more
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Laser Lithotripsy — The New Wave

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1990
Currently more than 90% of all common bile duct concrements can he removed via the endoscopic retrograde route by means of endoscopic papillotomy, stone extraction by baskets and balloon catheters, or mechanical lithotripsy.
J Hochberger, C Ell
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