title: Update on intracorporeal laser lithotripsy.
abstract: Nowadays, rigid and flexible ureteroscopy is a precise, minimal invasive surgery that can assess the entire collecting system in order to treat a stone with intracorporeal lithotripsy. The implication of laser technology has revolutionized the intracorporeal lithotripsy. Currently, laser lithotripsy is advancing in two different directions: improvements of the existing Ho:YAG laser platform and the development of novel laser systems. Herein, we review the current literature upon intracorporeal lithotripsy.
authors: University Department of Urology, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece. agpapatsoris@yahoo.gr
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authors: Papatsoris
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authors: Chrisofos
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authors: Skolarikos
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authors: Varkarakis
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authors: Mitsogiannis
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authors: Mygdalis
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authors: Dellis
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authors: Buchholz
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authors: Masood
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017602:Lithotripsy, Laser / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*