Update on intracorporeal laser lithotripsy

Minerva Med. 2013 Feb;104(1):55-60.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / therapy
  • Lasers, Solid-State / therapeutic use*
  • Lithotripsy, Laser / methods*
  • Lithotripsy, Laser / trends
  • Ureteral Calculi / therapy
  • Urinary Calculi / therapy*