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Evaluation of 16 New Holmium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser Optical Fibers for Ureteroscopy
Erin Akar,Bodo E. Knudsen +1 more
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Performance characteristics of these new holmium:YAG optical fibers differed significantly but performance was on par or better than historical controls.About:
This article is published in Urology.The article was published on 2015-08-01. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bend radius & Holmium.read more
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Advances in Lasers for the Treatment of Stones-a Systematic Review.
TL;DR: Laser lithotripsy has had several new developments and more insight has been gained in recent years with many more advances expected in the future.
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Advances in laser technology and fibre-optic delivery systems in lithotripsy.
TL;DR: New laser technologies that offer an alternative to the holmium:yttrium–aluminium–garnet (YAG) laser are discussed and fibre-optic approaches for delivery of the laser energy inside the urinary tract are considered.
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Miniature ball-tip optical fibers for use in thulium fiber laser ablation of kidney stones.
TL;DR: The miniature ball tip fiber may provide a cost-effective design for safe fiber insertion through the ureteroscope working channel and into the Ureter without risk of instrument damage or tissue perforation, and without compromising stone ablation efficiency during TFL lithotripsy.
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Impact of the Curve Diameter and Laser Settings on Laser Fiber Fracture
M. Haddad,Esteban Emiliani,Yann Rouchausse,Frédéric Coste,Steeve Doizi,Laurent Berthe,Salvatore Butticè,Bhaskar K. Somani,Olivier Traxer +8 more
TL;DR: To analyze the risk factors for laser fiber fractures when deflected to form a curve, including laser settings, size of the laser fiber, and the fiber bending diameter, single use 272 and 365 μm fibers were employed along with a holmium laser.
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Laser Fibers for Holmium:YAG Lithotripsy: What Is Important and What Is New.
TL;DR: Holmium:YAG laser is currently the dominant lithotripter used during retrograde intrarenal surgery, and its performance characteristics are important factors that contribute to a fiber's overall performance.
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Review of laser fibers: A practical guide for urologists
TL;DR: The physics and engineering aspects of optical fibers are reviewed to explain why fibers fail and how they are selected for use in lithotripsy.
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Evaluation of overall costs of currently available small flexible ureteroscopes.
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of the currently available data regarding the durability of flexible ureteroscopes to establish cost estimates for the purchase and use of five currently available, smaller than 9F, ureeroscopes found variability in the costs associated with the use of these instruments was significant.
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Performance and safety of holmium : YAG laser optical fibers
Bodo E. Knudsen,Randolph D. Glickman,Kenneth J. Stallman,Saher Maswadi,Ben H. Chew,Darren T. Beiko,John D. Denstedt,Joel M.H. Teichman,Joel M.H. Teichman +8 more
TL;DR: Optical performance and safety differ among fibers during lower-pole nephroscopy with the fiber deflected, there is a risk of fiber fracture from thermal breakdown and laser-energy transmission to the endoscope.
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Evaluation of 24 Holmium:YAG Laser Optical Fibers for Flexible Ureteroscopy
TL;DR: The performance and threshold for failure of 24 commercially available holmium:YAG laser fibers were determined and it was found that single use and reusable fibers had a higher failure threshold than the single use Lumenis 365 fiber.
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Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet lithotripsy proximal fiber failures from laser and fiber mismatch.
Andrew J. Marks,Adam C. Mues,Adam C. Mues,Adam C. Mues,Bodo E. Knudsen,Bodo E. Knudsen,Bodo E. Knudsen,Joel M.H. Teichman,Joel M.H. Teichman,Joel M.H. Teichman +9 more
TL;DR: Urologists should familiarize themselves with the specifications of their holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet lasers and fibers to avoid expensive laser repairs and the mismatch of small caliber fibers with lasers runs the risk of fiber failure, energy reflected back at the laser, and laser damage.