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1981290

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
A group of 88 patients with 89 ureteral calculi were treated with the pulsed dye-laser. Visual control was carried out through 8.5-F or 9.5-F ureteroscopes. The laser has automatic shut-off via spectrum analysis of back-scatter laser light. Effective laser pulses can therefore only be induced in the case of contact with the stone. Of the 89 stones 58 (65.2%) were completely fragmented by laser lithotripsy, 15 (16.8%) by laser lithotripsy in combination with ESWL and 9 (10.1%) by other ureteroscopic techniques. Ureterolithotomy was necessary only in 1 case (1%). There were 5 calculi (5.6%) that were too hard for fragmentation. The pulsed dye-laser is a safe and effective treatment modality for ureteral calculi that are not accessible for ESWL or in which ESWL has been unsuccessful. Further experimental and clinical trials will have to show whether miniature probes for electrohydraulic lithotripsy, dye-laser with automatic shut-off, or alexandrite laser will be the method of choice for lithotripsy of ureteral calculi.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0340-2592
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Laser lithotripsy with automatic shut-off on tissue contact].
pubmed:affiliation
Urologische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract