Intracorporal Alexandrite-laser lithotripsy in the treatment of ureteral calculi

Juergen Zumbe; Hermann Fischer; Hans-Georg Kimont; Gerd Kierfeld

doi:10.1117/12.169120

15 February 1994 Intracorporal Alexandrite-laser lithotripsy in the treatment of ureteral calculi

Juergen Zumbe, Hermann Fischer, Hans-Georg Kimont, Gerd Kierfeld

Proceedings Volume 2086, Medical Applications of Lasers; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169120
Event: Europto Biomedical Optics '93, 1993, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

Extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the standard therapy in the treatment of urinary calculi. the high rate of fragmentation and simultaneous stone selectivity makes laser lithotripsy an alternative method in the treatment of obstructing ureteral calculi. In comparison to the success rate of ESWL, laser lithotripsy as a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure seems to be superior in disintegrating calculi in the distal ureter. Together with the advance of miniaturized semiflexible endoscopes, intracorporal laser lithotripsy presents a new aspect in the treatment of urinary calculi.

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Juergen Zumbe, Hermann Fischer, Hans-Georg Kimont, and Gerd Kierfeld "Intracorporal Alexandrite-laser lithotripsy in the treatment of ureteral calculi", Proc. SPIE 2086, Medical Applications of Lasers, (15 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169120

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