Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of novel nanosecond electropulse lithotripsy with standard electrohydraulic lithotripsy to demonstrate and authenticate their differences because both modalities appear to be similar.
Materials And Methods: An in vitro fragmentation study was conducted using cuboid BegoStone phantoms, which mimic hard and soft stones, based on an established model. Three different stone sizes were used in the testing having volumes of 100, 256, and 320 mm(3).
Purpose: The purpose of this clinical study is to assess the safety and efficiency of a novel lithotripsy method for endoscopic treatment of urinary stones throughout the urinary tract via semi-rigid and flexible endoscopes. This new method is based on the transfer of nanosecond high voltage electric pulses to the stones through flexible probes of various sizes.
Methods: The study involved 879 patients aged 19-88 with renal, ureter and bladder calculi.
A comparative in vitro research of the efficiency of nanosecond electropulse (Urolit-105M) and Holmium laser (Auriga) lithotripters is presented in this work. Four sizes of BegoStone cement stones of various densities were fabricated for these tests. A comparison of the efficiency of the lithotripters was performed in the experiments on pairs of probes corresponding to a predetermined stone size.
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