Practical Ureteroscopy
Ronald S. Sutherland MD, FACS, FAAP
Chairman, Urology
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Hawaii, John Burns School of Medicine
Presentation in Hue, 2007
Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
•Vibrates at 25,000 Hz
•Probes 2.5-12 Fr
•May generate
significant heat
•Often attached to a
suction device
•Fragmentation rates 69-
100%
Lithoclast
•Ballistic energy
•“Jackhammer” effect
•Probes 0.8-2.5mm
•Fragmentation rates 73-
96%
•High rate of stone
migration
•Hard to treat small stone
Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy (EHL)
•1.6-5 Fr. probe
•Flexible
•One time use
•Fragmentation rates
67-90%
•Risk of ureteral
perforation
•Stone migration
Laser Lithotripsy (Holmium)
•Holmium:YAG
•2140 nm
•Highly absorbed by water
•Causes photothermal
vaporization of stone
•Fragmentation rates 91-100%
•Low rate of stone migration