Context Management of urinary stones is a major issue for most urologists. Treatment
modalities are minimally invasive and include extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) …

The European Association of Urology (EAU) Urolithiasis Guidelines Panel has prepared
these guidelines to help urologists assess evidence-based management of stones/calculi in …

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 …

Objectives To estimate the efficacy and safety of SuperPulsed thulium‐fiber laser ureteral
lithotripsy and to identify optimal laser settings. Methods Patients with solitary stones were …

Introduction: Several different modalities are available for ureteral stone fragmentation. From
them pneumatic and holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho: YAG) lithotripsy have …

Objective: We compared the results of holmium laser and pneumatic intracorporeal
lithotripsy for large ureteric calculi in terms of efficacy, safety and complications. Methods …

7.1. 2.2 Location of the stone mass 19 7.1. 2.3 Total stone burden 20 7.1. 2.4 composition
and hardness of the stone 20 7.1. 2.5 Patient's habitus 21 7.1. 2.6 Performance of ESWL …

Objective To analyse and compare the effect of stone site and size, method of lithotripsy, and
level of experience on the results and complications of semi-rigid ureteroscopy for ureteric …

Analysing the data available in the literature, contemporary methods of treatment of
nephrolithiasis are limited to the methods of minimally invasive percutaneous …

Laser technology has long been a standard treatment for many diseases. In particular, laser
treatment is considered the standard of care in various urological diseases. While originally …