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| Title |
Holmium Laser Lithotripsy in the New Stone Age: Dust or Bust?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Surgery, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fsurg.2017.00057 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ali H. Aldoukhi, William W. Roberts, Timothy L. Hall, Khurshid R. Ghani |
| Abstract |
Modern day holmium laser systems for ureteroscopy (URS) provide users with a range of settings, namely pulse energy (PE), pulse frequency (Fr), and pulse width (PW). These variables allow the surgeon to choose different combinations that have specific effects on stone fragmentation during URS lithotripsy. Contact laser lithotripsy can be performed using fragmentation or dusting settings. Fragmentation employs settings of low Fr and high PE to break stones that are then extracted with retrieval devices. Dusting is the utilization of high Fr and low PE settings to break stones into submillimeter fragments for spontaneous passage without the need for basket retrieval. Use of the long PW mode during lithotripsy can reduce stone retropulsion and is increasingly available in new generation lasers. During non-contact laser lithotripsy, stone fragments are rapidly pulverized in a calyx in laser bursts that result in stones breaking into fine fragments. In this review, we discuss the effect of different holmium laser settings on stone fragmentation, and the clinical implications in a very much evolving field. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 29% |
| Sweden | 2 | 10% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 10% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Iraq | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| China | 1 | 5% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 62% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 29% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 78 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 78 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 14% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 21 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 42% |
| Engineering | 8 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 26 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 373. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 June 2018.
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