ASSESS THE COMPLICATIONS AND OPERATING TIME TAKEN BY HOLMIUM LASER AND PNEUMATIC LITHOTRIPSY USING SEMIRIGID SCOPE IN MANAGING URETERIC CALCULUS
Keywords:
Complications and Operating Time, Laser lithotripsy, Pneumatic lithotripsiy, UreterorenoscopyAbstract
Background: Technology has made it possible to successfully access and treat virtually any stone within the ureter in a relatively atraumatic fashion. Different lithotriptors can be used for intracorporeal lithotripsy including electrohydraulic (EHL), ballistic (pneumatic), ultrasonic (US), laser (Ho: YAG). In the last few years lasers have been increasingly replacing others for intracorporeal lithotripsy.
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