title: To Dust or Not To Dust: a Systematic Review of Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy Techniques.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This review discusses factors affecting outcomes during ureteroscopy (URS) with laser lithotripsy (LL), explores specific clinical challenges to the efficacy of URS LL, and reviews the available literature comparing the dusting and basketing approaches to URS LL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data show high stone-free rates with URS LL in all locations of the urinary tract and with all stone types and sizes. Recent data comparing LL with dusting versus basketing suggest higher rates of residual fragments with dusting but less utilization of ureteral access sheaths and potentially shorter operative times. Differences in postoperative complications, re-intervention rates, and other outcome parameters are not yet clear. Interpretation of published data is problematic due to variability in laser settings, follow-up intervals, and definitions for what constitutes stone-free status. URS has overtaken shock wave lithotripsy in the last decade as the most commonly utilized surgical approach for treating urolithiasis. Two primary strategies have emerged as the most common techniques for performing LL: dusting and basketing. There is a relative paucity of data examining the difference in these techniques as it pertains to peri-operative outcomes and overall success. We attempt to synthesize this data into evidence-based and experience-based recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Javier E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.affiliation: Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge, 10th Floor, Urology Suite B, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Adam B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hollander
authors.affiliation: Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge, 10th Floor, Urology Suite B, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Samit D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.affiliation: Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge, 10th Floor, Urology Suite B, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Link
authors.affiliation: Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge, 10th Floor, Urology Suite B, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. wamayer@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Wesley A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017602:Lithotripsy, Laser / Q000379:methods*; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Basketing; Dusting; Laser lithotripsy; Residual fragments; Ureteroscopy; Urolithiasis