Tissue thermal effect during lithotripsy and tissue ablation in endourology: a systematic review of experimental studies comparing Holmium and Thulium lasers.
Gernot OrtnerPatrick RiceUdo NageleThomas R W HerrmannBhaskar Kumar SomaniB M Zeeshan HameedPublished in: World journal of urology (2022)
During lithotripsy all lasers caused similar temperature changes and had a safe temperature profile at < 40 W. During tissue ablation, Ho:YAG has a deeper incision depth, while cwTm:YAG and cwTFL have broader coagulation and total laser areas.
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