Holmium:YAG (λ = 2,120 nm) versus thulium fiber (λ = 1,908 nm) laser lithotripsy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-236

  Blackmon, Richard L ^a   Irby, Pierce B ^b   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Fiber laser; Fragmentation; Holmium; Lithotripsy; Thulium; Urinary stones; Vaporization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THULIUM FIBER LASER; URIC ACID STONE; UROLITHIASIS; VAPORIZATION;

CALCIUM OXALATE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THULIUM; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 77950526077     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20893     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Zhong P, Tong HL, Cock FH, Pearle MS, Preminger GM. Transient cavitation and acoustic emission by different laser lithotriptors. J Endourol 1998;12:371-378.
2. Chan KF, Vassar GJ, Pfefer TJ, Teichman JM, Glickman RD, Weintraub ST, Welch AJ. Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy: A dominant photothermal ablative mechanism with chemical decomposition of urinary calculi. Lasers Surg Med 1999;25:22-37.
3. Jansen ED, van Leeuwe TG, Motamedi M, Borst C, Welch AJ. Temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient of water for midinfrared laser radiation. Lasers Surg Med 1994;14:258-268.
4. Lange BI, Brendel T, Huttmann G. Temperature dependence of light absorption in water at holmium and thulium laser wavelengths. Appl Opt 2002;41:5797-5803.
5. Schomacker KT, Domankevitz Y, Flotte TJ, Deutsch TF. Co:MgF2 laser ablation of tissue: Effect of wavelength on ablation threshold and thermal damage. Lasers Surg Med 1991;11:141-151.
6. Fried NM. Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy: An in vitro analysis of stone fragmentation using a modulated 110-W Thulium fiber laser at 1.94 mm. Lasers Surg Med 2005;37:53-58.
7. Scott NJ, Cilip CM, Fried NM. Thulium fiber laser ablation of urinary stones through small-core optical fibers. IEEE J Sel Top Quant Electron 2009;15:435-440.
8. Blackmon RL, Irby PB, Fried NM. Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using tapered fibers. Lasers Surg Med XXXX; ???:???-???. In press.
9. Chan KF, Hammer DX, Choi B, Teichman JMH, McGuff HS, Pratisto H, Jansen ED, Welch AJ. Free-electron laser lithotripsy: Threshold radiant exposures. J Endourol 2000;14:161-167.
10. Kang HW, Lee H, Teichman JM, Oh J, Kim J, Welch AJ. Dependence of calculus retropulsion on pulse duration during Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy. Lasers Surg Med 2006;38:762-772.
11. Finley DS, Petersen J, Abdelshehid C, Ahlering M, Chou D, Borin J, Eichel L, McDougall E, Clayman RV. Effect of holmium:YAG laser pulse width on lithotripsy retropulsion in vitro. J Endourol 2005;19:1041-1044.