Disease relevance of Lithotripsy, Laser

• Photosensitization of cystine stones to induce laser lithotripsy [1].
• Ureteroscopy and holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy: an emerging definitive management strategy for symptomatic ureteral calculi in pregnancy [2].
• Retrograde ureteropyeloscopic holmium laser lithotripsy for large renal calculi [3].
• OBJECTIVES: To review the results of holmium laser lithotripsy in a cohort of patients who presented with symptomatic urolithiasis in pregnancy [4].
• Holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy for gallstones. A preliminary report [5].

High impact information on Lithotripsy, Laser

• CONCLUSIONS: Laser lithotripsy using the described rhodamine 6G dye laser with oSTDS seems to be safe and effective and allows "blind" fragmentation of difficult common bile duct stones under radiological control only [6].
• Holmium laser lithotripsy is now used as a primary treatment modality for ureteral stones [7].
• Safety and efficacy of holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy in patients with bleeding diatheses [8].
• Erbium: YAG laser lithotripsy mechanism [9].
• Color vision deficits during laser lithotripsy using safety goggles for coumarin green or alexandrite but not with holmium:YAG laser safety goggles [10].

Associations of Lithotripsy, Laser with chemical compounds

• High energy pulsed dye laser lithotripsy: management of ureteral calcium oxalate monohydrate calculi [11].
• A clinically insignificant level of cyanide was detected in the blood of a single patient following laser lithotripsy of a uric acid calculus [12].
• CONCLUSION: Flexible ureterorenoscopy with holmium laser lithotripsy provides a reasonable alternative for the management for recurrent cystine calculi in patients who are not candidates for repeat percutaneous procedures [13].
• Erbium:YAG laser lithotripsy using hybrid germanium/silica optical fibers [14].
• CONCLUSION: Use of flexible nephroscopy with holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy and Nitinol basket stone extraction has allowed us to render staghorn-containing renal units stone free in a mean of 1.6 procedures [15].

Gene context of Lithotripsy, Laser

• High energy pulsed dye laser lithotripsy (Candela MDL-2000), with energy output upgraded to a maximum of 140 mJ. at the laser fiber tip using the 320 mu core fiber, was compared to the initially commercialized device, with the energy output fixed at 60 mJ. using the 200 mu core fiber (Candela MDL-1) [11].
• For the laser-induced shockwave lithotripsy (LISL) the laser-pulses of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser produce an optical breakdown in the irrigation liquid surrounding the urinary stone [16].
• Laser lithotripsy shows the best results in CBD stones [17].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Lithotripsy, Laser

• Small diameter, flexible ureteroscopy and holmium laser lithotripsy were successful in 97% of patients with ureteral and 79% with intrarenal calculi [18].
• Outpatient holmium laser lithotripsy using semirigid ureteroscope. Is the treatment outcome affected by stone load [19]?
• One patient, with small stones, underwent placement of a flexible cystoscope through the continent efferent limb and Holmium laser lithotripsy [20].
• METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted at two tertiary stone centers from January 1996 to August 2001 to identify pregnant patients who were treated with ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy for symptomatic urolithiasis or encrusted stents [4].

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