New Technologies in Endourology and Laser Lithotripsy: The Need for Evidence in Comprehensive Clinical Settings

Luigi Candela^{1

2}, Etienne X Keller^{3

4}, Amelia Pietropaolo^{3

5}, Francesco Esperto^{3

6}, Patrick Juliebø-Jones^{3

7}, Esteban Emiliani^{3

8}, Vincent De Coninck^{3

9}, Thomas Tailly^{3

10}, Michele Talso^{3

11}, Senol Tonyali^{3

12}, Emre T Sener^{3

13}, B M Zeeshan Hameed^{3

14}, Lazaros Tzelves^{3

15}, Ioannis Mykoniatis^{3

16}, Arman Tsaturyan^{3

17}, Andrea Salonia^{1

2}, Eugenio Ventimiglia^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Experimental Oncology, Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
² School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy.
³ EAU Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Urolithiasis and Endourology Working Group Arnhem, NL-6803 Arnhem, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
⁶ Department of Urology, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Urology, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway.
⁸ Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Urology, AZ Klina, 2930 Brasschaat, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, University Hospital Ghent, 9000 Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
¹¹ ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Urology, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi, 74, 20157 Milano, Italy.
¹² Urology, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı, Turgut Özal Millet Cd, Istanbul 34093, Turkey.
¹³ Department of Urology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34854, Turkey.
¹⁴ Department of Urology, Father Muller Medical College, Karnataka 575002, India.
¹⁵ Institute of Urology, University College Hospital London, London NW1 2BU, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹⁷ Department of Urology, Erebouni Medical Center, 0087 Yerevan, Armenia.

PMID: 37685776
PMCID: PMC10488978
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12175709

Editorial

New Technologies in Endourology and Laser Lithotripsy: The Need for Evidence in Comprehensive Clinical Settings

Luigi Candela et al. J Clin Med. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;12(17):5709.

doi: 10.3390/jcm12175709.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Experimental Oncology, Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
² School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy.
³ EAU Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Urolithiasis and Endourology Working Group Arnhem, NL-6803 Arnhem, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
⁶ Department of Urology, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Urology, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway.
⁸ Department of Urology, Fundacio Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Urology, AZ Klina, 2930 Brasschaat, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, University Hospital Ghent, 9000 Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
¹¹ ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Urology, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi, 74, 20157 Milano, Italy.
¹² Urology, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı, Turgut Özal Millet Cd, Istanbul 34093, Turkey.
¹³ Department of Urology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul 34854, Turkey.
¹⁴ Department of Urology, Father Muller Medical College, Karnataka 575002, India.
¹⁵ Institute of Urology, University College Hospital London, London NW1 2BU, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹⁷ Department of Urology, Erebouni Medical Center, 0087 Yerevan, Armenia.

PMID: 37685776
PMCID: PMC10488978
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12175709

Abstract

Flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) with laser lithotripsy is currently the gold standard surgical treatment for ureteral and kidney stones with a maximum diameter of 2 cm [...].

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