[Multidisciplinary approach in urology. Laser technologies: faster, simpler, more efficient]

Urologiia. 2019 Sep:(4 ()):7-11.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Laser technology has taken a place among the methods of treatment of various urological diseases. The new laser devices are being developed in addition to commonly used. Physicists of the russian NTO "IRE Polus" in collaboration with doctors from Sechenov University have developed a new generation laser device - thulium fiber laser. It has been actively used since 2017 for laser enucleation of prostate. Later the laser was used for treatment of bladder tumor, lithotripsy. The device has already managed to prove its efficacy in in-vitro experiments and clinical practice surpassing foreign analogues.

Keywords: BPH; laser ablation; laser enucleation; lithotripsy; thulium fiber laser.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / therapy*
  • Laser Coagulation / instrumentation*
  • Laser Therapy*
  • Lithotripsy, Laser / instrumentation*
  • Lithotripsy, Laser / methods
  • Male
  • Prostate / pathology
  • Prostate / surgery
  • Thulium*
  • Ureteral Calculi / therapy
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / therapy
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy
  • Urology*

Substances

  • Thulium