Pulsed Thulium:YAG laser - What is the lithotripsy ablation efficiency for stone dust from human urinary stones? Results from an in vitro PEARLS study.

Jia-Lun Kwok Eugenio Ventimiglia Vincent De Coninck Frédéric Panthier Yazeed Barghouthy Alexandre Danilovic Anil ShresthaNiamh SmythFlorian Alexander SchmidManuela HunzikerCédric PoyetMichel DaudonOlivier Traxer Daniel Eberli Etienne Xavier Keller

Published in: World journal of urology (2023)

To our knowledge, this is the first study showing ablation efficiency of the p-Tm:YAG laser for stone dust from human urinary stones of known compositions. The p-Tm:YAG seems to ablate COM and UA equally well, with no statistically significant differences between differing laser settings.

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