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Calculi in the urinary tract

Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Ureteral Calculi

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Pages 31-33 | Published online: 30 Mar 2023
 

Abstract

During a period of 20 months 36 patients with symptomatic ureteric stones were treated ureteroscopically with laser lithotripsy. A pulsed dye laser was used through a rigid or a semirigid ureteroscope. The laser emits impulses at a duration of 2 μs and a wavelength of 504 nm.

Complete disintegration was obtained in 20 patients (56%), and further 7 patients became stonefree after supplementary basket extraction of residual fragments. In 4 patients additional treatment with ultrasound probe was necessary and further 5 patients were finally treated with ESWL.

Five cases of minor perforations of the ureter required no other treatment than stenting with a ureter-catheter or a double J stent. With the new generation of slender semirigid ureteroscopes based on flberoptlcs, the ureteroscopic procedure is simplified, as no dilatation or preoperative preparation of the ureter is needed.

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