Laser Lithotripsy
Subtitle: Clinical Use and Technical Aspects
By: edited by Rudolf W. Steiner
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9783642738661; 9783642738647
Subjects: Medicine; Urology; Biomedical engineering
Description: Disintegration of kidney and gall stones by intense laser radiation is becoming increasingly important as a complementary technique to extracorporeal shockwave treatment. This book gives for the first time a complete overview of laser lithotripsy combining a critical comparison of the methods and a thorough evaluation of instrumental developments and clinical applications. Readers from the medical as well as from the engineering side will find it a stimulating source of information on all aspects of laser-stone interaction.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) of Kidney Stones; title: Gallstone Lithotripsy; title: Nd: YAG Laser versus Dye Laser; title: Effects of Laser Pulses on Cells and Tissue; title: Limits of Optical Fiber Systems for Pulsed Lasers; title: Devices for Intracorporal Laser-Induced Shock-Wave Lithotripsy (ILISL); title: The Clinical Experience with Pulsed Dye Laser Photofragmentation of Ureteral Calculi; title: Clinical Experience with Laser-Induced Shock-Wave Lithotripsy; title: The Pulsed Dye Laser in Clinical Stone Problems.