title: [Endoscopic ureterolithotripsy using a pulsed dye laser].
abstract: Endoscopic laser ureterolithotripsy (ELUL) has been conducted in 67 patients admitted to an urologic hospital at St.-Petersburg Medical Institute from 1989-1992. The patients aged 19-72 were exposed to He-Ne color pulsed laser (France) irradiation with the following parameters: wave length 504 nm +/- 3%, impulse duration 2 +/- 1 mus and energy 70-120 mJ. Ureteroscopy for delivery of the laser fibre was carried out in 60 (89.6%) patients, a sound and x-ray control of lithotripsy was performed in 7 (10.4%) patients. The stones were crushed completely in 89.6% of the patients. Laser-related complications were not registered. It is stated that ELUL holds promise in fragmentation of ureteroliths. The method introduction can be accomplished in large, well-equipped urologic clinics.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Komiakov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017602:Lithotripsy, Laser / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012008:Recurrence; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Endoskopicheskaia ureterolitotripsiia tsvetnym pul'siruiushchim lazerom.