Endoscopic management of ureteral calculi is one of the most important therapies in academic centers. Amongst these Laser and Pneumatic Lithotriptors are gaining popularity. This study was designed to study the efficacy and outcomes of both the available Lithotriptors. 200 patients presenting to the Urology OPD in our tertiary center were divided into 2 groups; first group being treated with pn...

Introduction. Calyceal diverticular stones are uncommon findings that represent a challenge in their treatment, due to the technical difficulty in accessing the diverticulum, and the high risk of their recurrence. Current percutaneous technique for calyceal diverticular stones involves establishing a renal access, clearing the stone, and fulguration of the diverticular lining with a roller-ball...

In this paper, we have carried out a systematic study of the exchange and anisotropy effects on magnetic behavior of amorphous Fe80-x+x’HoxB20-x’ (0<x<17; 0<x’<4) alloys. Primary analysis of magnetization data have led to the conclusion that the holmium magnetic structure is collinear. Exchange parameters, governing the magnetic ordering of our alloys, have been calculated from both mean field ...

hairball in a urethral diverticulum has rarely been reported. these hairballs are usually formed in the diverticulum coated with a hair bearing epithelium and can lead to urinary obstruction or infection. using laser is a safe way to ablate such stones.

BACKGROUND Urethral polyps are rare benign pathologies seen in the male posterior urethra, more frequently originating from verumontanum. In this article, we aimed to discuss diagnosis and treatment of a urethral polyp causing hematuria and urinary infection in a 3-month-old male infant. This is the first case in the literature in which a urethral polyp is treated with Holmium yttrium-aluminum-...

Laser sources in the mid-infrared are of great interest due to their wide applications in detection, sensing, communication and medicine. Silicon photonics is a promising technology which enables these laser devices to be fabricated in a standard CMOS foundry, with the advantages of reliability, compactness, low cost and large-scale production. In this paper, we demonstrate a holmium-doped dist...

A simple and green chemical procedure was reported for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones from various aldehydes, ethyl acetoacetate and urea or thiourea using  holmium chloride as catalyst. The reactions were performed under solvent free conditions with ultrasound irradiation as the energy source. The advantages of this protocol include the excellent yield, operational simplicity, short tim...

You have accessJournal of UrologyBladder & Upper Tract Urothelial Oncology (V13)1 Sep 2021V13-09 HOLMIUM LASER RESECTION OF LARGE BLADDER TUMORS: TECHNIQUE DESCRIPTION, FEASIBILITY, AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL QUALITY ANALYSIS Alexandre Iscaife, Maykon William Aparecido Pires Pereira, Leopoldo Alves Ribeiro-Filho, Alvaro Sardek Sarkis, Daher Chade, Leonardo Cardili, Fabio Pescarmona Gallucci, Mauríci...

PURPOSE Throughout the years, the palliative treatment of bone metastases using bone seeking radiotracers has been part of the therapeutic resources used in oncology, but the choice of which bone seeking agent to use is not consensual across sites and limited data are available comparing the characteristics of each radioisotope. Computational simulation is a simple and practical method to study...