Understanding the Instruments: Intracorporeal Lithotripsy—Laser

Ji Won Kim, Sung Yong Cho

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Abstract

Laser is an acronym for “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.” The main structure of a laser system includes a pumping source, an optical oscillator, and a laser amplifier. The optical oscillator gener­ally consists of an optical resonator with mir­rors and an amplifier. The laser beam is generated by stimulated emission. The Ho:YAG laser used in the urology field is a flash-lamped pumping Q-switched laser sys­tem, but a thulium fiber laser is a diode laser pumping master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPractical Management of Urinary Stone
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages57-64
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789811641930
ISBN (Print)9789811641923
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2021

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Keywords

  • Laser
  • Minimally invasive surgical procedures
  • Nephrolithotomy
  • Percutaneous
  • Ureteroscopy
  • Urinary calculi
  • Urolithiasis

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