ArticleWorld journal of urology2023
Pulsed thulium:YAG laser-ready to dust all urinary stone composition types? Results from a PEARLS analysis.
Article in World journal of urology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06721975 (Prospective Single-center Study Comparing Thulium Fiber Laser to Pulsed Thulium), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Prospective Single-center Study Comparing Thulium Fiber Laser to Pulsed Thulium:YAG Laser in the Ureteroscopic Treatment of Nephrolithiasis
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Stone dust in endourology: a systematic review of its definition, management, and clinical impact.BJU international · 2025Pooled it
- Smart Lithotripsy: Lasers, Energy Sources and Efficiency.Current urology reports · 2026Review
- Flexible ureterorenoscopy and lithotripsy with pulsed thulium: YAG laser: a multicenter retrospective study.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Pulsed solid-state thulium: YAG laser compared to holmium: YAG laser during mini-PCNL.The Canadian journal of urology · 2026Article
- Feasibility and efficiency of the use of pulsed thulium: YAG (Thulio) laser for ECIRS: a multicenter evaluation.World journal of urology · 2026Article
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- High-power holmium laser versus pulsed thulium laser for ureteroscopic lithotripsy: Results of a randomized prospective study.Central European journal of urology · 2026Article
- In vitro comparative analysis of ablation volume and energy requirements for 1 mm³ stone ablation using ho: YAG, p-Tm: YAG, and TFL lasers.Urolithiasis · 2025Article
- Comparison of p-Tm:YAG, TFL and Ho:YAG's in vitro ablation rates on synthetic and human stones.BJUI compass · 2025Article
- [Stones in the lower pole and their treatment].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Laser lithotripsy of a brushite crystalline aggregate stone model: fragment distribution vs. BegoStone and human stones.Urolithiasis · 2025Review
- Kidney Stones as Minerals: How Methods from Geology Could Inform Urolithiasis Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Renal and ureteral temperatures changes during ureteroscopic pulsed thulium: YAG laser lithotripsy: anCentral European journal of urology · 2025Article
- What is the definition of stone dust and how does it compare with clinically insignificant residual fragments? A comprehensive review.World journal of urology · 2024Review
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate whether stone dust can be obtained from all prevailing stone composition types using the novel pulsed thulium:YAG (p-Tm:YAG), including analysis of stone particle size after lithotripsy.
methodsHuman urinary stones of 7 different compositions were subjected to in vitro lithotripsy using a p-Tm:YAG laser with 270 µm silica core fibers (Thulio
resultsThe p-Tm:YAG laser was able to produce stone dust from lithotripsy up to measured smallest mesh size of 63 µm in all seven stone composition types. Notably, all dust samples from all seven stone types and with all three laser settings had high counts of particles in the size range agreeing with the definition stone dust, i.e., ≤ 250 µm.
conclusionThis is the first study in the literature proving the p-Tm:YAG laser capable of dusting all prevailing human urinary stone compositions, with production of dust particles ≤ 250 µm. These findings are pivotal for the broader future implementation of the p-Tm:YAG in clinical routine.
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