Update on intracorporeal laser lithotripsy

Autor: A, Papatsoris, M, Chrisofos, A, Skolarikos, I, Varkarakis, I, Mitsogiannis, V, Mygdalis, A, Dellis, N, Buchholz, J, Masood
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Minerva medica. 104(1)
ISSN: 0026-4806
Popis: Nowadays, rigid and flexible ureteroscopy is a precise, minimal invasive surgery that can assess the entire collecting system in order to treat a stone with intracorporeal lithotripsy. The implication of laser technology has revolutionized the intracorporeal lithotripsy. Currently, laser lithotripsy is advancing in two different directions: improvements of the existing Ho:YAG laser platform and the development of novel laser systems. Herein, we review the current literature upon intracorporeal lithotripsy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE