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Stone retropulsion is an inevitable side effect of laser lithotripsy. It is generally considered undesirable but can also be beneficial in techniques such as “popdusting”. It is often described by a single parameter such as a distance moved, which might not correlate with the degree to which retropulsion interferes with clinical use. We report on a novel method of measuring retropulsion in vitro using high-speed video photography to describe the stone trajectory across multiple parameters, and present results from a range of laser systems. Describing the nature of this movement may help explain how some types of retropulsion are considered clinically disruptive and others are not.
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Stone retropulsion is an inevitable side effect of laser lithotripsy. It is generally considered undesirable but can also be beneficial in techniques such as “popdusting”. It is often described by a single parameter such as a distance moved, which might not correlate with the degree to which retropulsion interferes with clinical use. We report on a novel method of measuring retropulsion in vitro using high-speed video photography to describe the stone trajectory across multiple parameters, and present results from a range of laser systems. Describing the nature of this movement may help explain how some types of retropulsion are considered clinically disruptive and others are not.
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Stone retropulsion is an inevitable side effect of laser lithotripsy. It is generally considered undesirable but can also be beneficial in techniques such as “popdusting”. It is often described by a single parameter such as a distance moved, which might not correlate with the degree to which retropulsion interferes with clinical use. We report on a novel method of measuring retropulsion in vitro using high-speed video photography to describe the stone trajectory across multiple parameters, and present results from a range of laser systems. Describing the nature of this movement may help explain how some types of retropulsion are considered clinically disruptive and others are not.
Fellow R&D Jian James Zhang
Boston Scientific Corp
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This page is a summary of: Analysis of stone trajectory during laser lithotripsy: an in vitro study, March 2023, SPIE,
DOI: 10.1117/12.2647415.
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