Thulium fiber laser: the new player for kidney stone treatment? A comparison with Holmium: YAG laser

O Traxer, EX Keller - World journal of urology, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To compare the operating modes of the Holmium: YAG laser and Thulium fiber
laser. Additionally, currently available literature on Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy is reviewed …

Advances in laser technology and fibre-optic delivery systems in lithotripsy

NM Fried, PB Irby - Nature Reviews Urology, 2018 - nature.com
The flashlamp-pumped, solid-state holmium: yttrium–aluminium–garnet (YAG) laser has
been the laser of choice for use in ureteroscopic lithotripsy for the past 20 years. However …

Use of the Moses technology to improve holmium laser lithotripsy outcomes: a preclinical study

MM Elhilali, S Badaan, A Ibrahim… - Journal of …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Objective: To evaluate in vitro and in vivo effects of Moses technology in Holmium laser and
to compare it with the Regular mode in terms of lithotripsy efficiency and laser-tissue …

Recent advances in infrared laser lithotripsy

NM Fried - Biomedical optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The flashlamp-pumped, solid-state, pulsed, mid-infrared, holmium: YAG laser (λ= 2120 nm)
has been the clinical gold standard laser for lithotripsy for over the past two decades …

Flexible ureteroscopy: technique, tips and tricks

S Doizi, O Traxer - Urolithiasis, 2018 - Springer
During the last decades, the surgical management of kidney stones benefited of many
technological advances and one of them is the development of flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) …

Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy: A Review of Dusting vs Fragmentation with Extraction

BR Matlaga, B Chew, B Eisner, M Humphreys… - Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy is becoming the most commonly utilized
treatment for patients with urinary calculi. The Holmium: YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) laser …

Preclinical comparison of superpulse thulium fiber laser and a holmium: YAG laser for lithotripsy

V Andreeva, A Vinarov, I Yaroslavsky… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose A superpulse (500 W peak power) thulium fiber laser operating at a 1940 nm
wavelength, suitable for lithotripsy, has recently been developed. The goal of this study was …

Update on lasers in urology 2014: current assessment on holmium: yttrium–aluminum–garnet (Ho: YAG) laser lithotripter settings and laser fibers

P Kronenberg, O Traxer - World journal of urology, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of the study was to review the existing literature on holmium: yttrium–
aluminum–garnet laser lithotripsy regarding lithotripter settings and laser fibers. Methods An …

Dusting versus basketing during ureteroscopy–which technique is more efficacious? A prospective multicenter trial from the EDGE research consortium

MR Humphreys, OD Shah, M Monga… - The Journal of …, 2018 - auajournals.org
Purpose: There is scant evidence in the literature to support dusting vs active basket
extraction during ureteroscopy for kidney stones. We prospectively evaluated and followed …

High power holmium: YAG versus thulium fiber laser treatment of kidney stones in dusting mode: ablation rate and fragment size studies

LA Hardy, V Vinnichenko… - Lasers in surgery and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The experimental Thulium fiber laser (TFL) is currently being studied as a
potential alternative to the gold standard Holmium: YAG laser for lithotripsy. Recent …