... who undergo ureterorenoscopy with laser lithotripsy before and after the emergence of this unprecedented situation. Methods: A total of 160 patients undergoing ureterorenoscopy with laser lithotripsy for urolithiasis were retrospectively evaluated, segmented into pre- and post-pandemic cohorts...

.... Stone location, number and size of stones, operating time, and laser lithotripsy were documented. Stones were measured in 3D using bone and soft tissue window. The maximum diameter was compared to the radiological report. The U test, Kruskal-Wallis, and regression were used for statistical analyses...

... the wide availability of laser lithotripsy as a tool for stone fragmentation, pneumatic lithotripsy was, and still is, widely used. In a country like Iraq, availability and affordability are the huge questions asked. Besides the capital investment for a laser machine, the pneumatic device is reusable...

...Shulian Chen; Liang Zhou; Tangqiang Wei; Deyi Luo; Tao Jin; Hong Li; Kunjie Wang Purpose: Holmium YAG laser lithotripsy (LL) and pneumatic lithotripsy (PL) are the most commonly used procedures in the treatment of ureteral calculi. In a previous meta-analysis examining the treatment effect of the 2...

... calices (middle and lower calices) after placing an 11/13-F ureteral sheath in most cases. Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) was used to treat any residual fragment of hard component. Fig. 1 RIRS. Multiple matrix calculi (a): the calcareous component was treated by holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy (b...

...) and laser lithotripsy (LL) for the treatment of single and primary ureteral stones and to evaluate potentially predictive factors of a SF status. Material and Methods: From January 2010 to January 2011, 133 consecutive patients with single and primary ureteral stones were prospectively enrolled. Uni...

.... Methods: 55 patients having ureteric calculus were randomly allocated into pneumatic lithotripsy (PL) and laser lithotripsy (LL) groups. Swiss lithoclast was used for PL (3 atm pressure and 12 Hz frequency) and the VersaPulse PowerSuite was used for LL. Appropriate statistical tests were applied. Results...

... lithotripsy Horseshoe kidney Calculi, renal Urologia Internationalis Case Report Urol Int 2004;72:76 78 DOI: 10.1159/000075278 Received: March 15, 2001 Accepted after revision: March 28, 2002 Percutaneous Pneumatic and Laser Lithotripsy as a Possible Therapeutic Strategy for Bilateral Large Calculi...