Ureteroscopic lithotripsy of ureteric stone using thulium fiber laser in a pregnant patient, case report

Lujin B Alajmani; Badr Rafi; Rowaa Banjar; Faisal Alsenani; Fadil Hassan; Abdullah Qashgry

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102437

Ureteroscopic lithotripsy of ureteric stone using thulium fiber laser in a pregnant patient, case report

Urol Case Rep. 2023 Jun 3:49:102437. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102437. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Authors

Lujin B Alajmani^{1

2

3}, Badr Rafi^{1

2}, Rowaa Banjar^{1

2

3}, Faisal Alsenani^{1

2}, Fadil Hassan^{1

2

3}, Abdullah Qashgry^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
² King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
³ King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Nephrolithiasis represents a common cause of non-obstetrical abdominal pain during pregnancy with 1 out of 200 pregnancies being affected. 20%-30% of patients require ureteroscopy. Many studies were done on safety of holmium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (YAG) during pregnancy but none on Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL). To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pregnant patient with nephrolithiasis that was treated using ureteroscopy and TFL. We present a 28 years old pregnant woman that presented to our hospital with a left distal ureteric stone. Patient underwent URS and lithotripsy using TFL. The procedure was tolerated with no complications.

Keywords: Pregnancy; Renal stones; TFL; URS.

Publication types

Case Reports