Location Renal, ureteral, vescical and urethral.
Composition They can contain calcium and, thus, be radiopaque; they can contain uric acid and be radiotransparent.
Therapy 1 Sodiumbicarbonate or the likes (radiotransparent stones)
2 Lithotripsy (radiopaque stones): it implies the breaking of the stone which was not spontaneously eliminated and it is carried out by Holmium laser or Thulium laser. The use of the laser allows a more targeted action, so that the surrounding frames are not damaged. The use of laser in the endoscopic treatment of urinary stones stands out for a choice treatment.
Abstract
Advances in Lasers for the Treatment of Stones-a Systematic Review
Initial experience in clinical application of thulium laser contact lithotripsy for transurethral treatment of urolithiasis
Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy: A Review of Dusting vs Fragmentation with Extraction
A review study to evaluate holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy with flexible ureteroscopy in patients on ongoing oral anticoagulant therapy
High-Frequency Dusting Versus Conventional Holmium Laser Lithotripsy for Intrarenal and Ureteral Calculi
Outpatient Transurethral Cystolithotripsy of Large Bladder Stones by Holmium Laser
Efficacy and safety of Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy for ureteroscopic removal of proximal and distal ureteral calculi.
Treatment of ureteric lithiasis with retrograde ureteroscopy and holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy vs extracorporeal lithotripsy.
Optimal power settings for Holmium:YAG lithotripsy.
Enhanced thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using micro-pulse train modulation.
Ureteroscopic lithotripsy using holmium laser for 187 patients with proximal ureteral stones.
Flexible ureteroscopy and holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy for stone disease in patients with bleeding diathesis: a systematic review of the literature.
Efficacy and safety of endoscopic laser lithotripsy for urinary stone treatment in children.
A comparison of holmium:YAG laser with Lithoclast lithotripsy in ureteral calculi fragmentation.
Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy: an in vitro analysis of stone fragmentation using a modulated 110-watt Thulium fiber laser at 1.94 microm.
In-situ holmium laser lithotripsy for impacted urethral calculi.
Flexible ureteroscopy and holmium-Yag laser: material and technique.
Ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy for upper urinary tract calculi with active fragment extraction and computerized tomography followup.
Holmium:YAG laser treatment of ureteral calculi: A 5-year experience.
High-power holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser for percutaneous treatment of large renal stones.
Lasers in clinical urology: state of the art and new horizons.
Conferences
LASER AD OLMIO IN UROLOGIA
DAY SURGERY AND ONE DAY SURGERY
S. Mattioli, L. Caperna, M. Cremona
U.O. Urologia – Istituto Clinico S. Ambrogio – Milano (IT)
L’USO DEL LASER AD OLMIO NEL TRATTAMENTO DELLA CACOLOSI URETERALE
L. Caperna, S. Mattioli, M. Cremona
U.O. Urologia – Istituto Clinico S. Ambrogio – Milano (IT)
