ReviewInvestigative and clinical urology2021
Thulium fiber laser utilization in urological surgery: A narrative review.
Review in Investigative and clinical urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05814133 (Prospective Clinical Trial To Evaluate The Thulium Fiber Laser For The Ureteroscopic Treatment Of Nephrolithiasis), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Prospective Clinical Trial To Evaluate The Thulium Fiber Laser For The Ureteroscopic Treatment Of Nephrolithiasis
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Complications of thulium fiber laser lithotripsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by the EAU-YAU endourology and urolithiasis working group.World journal of urology · 2026Pooled it
- Outcomes of holmium: YAG laser vs. Thulium fiber laser for ureteric stones during ureterorenoscopic lithotripsy - a prospective, randomized single-centre study.World journal of urology · 2025Trial
- Soft Tissue Safety Assessment of Pulsed Solid-State Thulium:YAG Versus Holmium:YAG Lasers: A Quantitative Porcine Model Simulation.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2026Article
- Role of noble and rare earth metals in bioactive materials for medical applications in tissue engineering.RSC advances · 2025Review
- A contemporary step-by-step guide to performing flexible ureterorenoscopy for renal calculi.Current urology · 2024Article
- Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate plus thulium fiber laser therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia combined with bladder stones.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
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- Flexible ureteroscopic treatment of kidney stones: How do the new laser systems change our concepts?Asian journal of urology · 2024Review
- Acoustic emission of kidney stones: a medical adaptation of statistical breakdown mechanisms.Urolithiasis · 2024Article
- Occult renal artery pseudoaneurysm causing persistent hematuria after flexible Thulium fibered laser lithotripsy: A case report and literature review of rare but potentially fatal complication.Radiology case reports · 2023Article
- Which is the Best Laser for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia?European urology open science · 2023Article
- Lasers for the treatment of urinary stone disease.Investigative and clinical urology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The thulium fiber laser (TFL) is a novel technology under active investigation as an conceivable alternative to the Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser, which is currently the gold standard for an array of urologic procedures. The purpose of this review is to discuss the existing literature on the functionality and effectiveness of TFL in urological practice. We conducted a search of the PubMed, Medline, Web of Science Core Collection, SCOPUS, Embase (OVID), and Cochrane Databases for all full articles and systematic reviews on the TFL. We found a total of 35 relevant pieces of literature. The early research findings pertaining to the TFL exhibit numerous potential advantages over the Ho:YAG laser.
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