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Stone retropulsion during laser lithotripsy results from various physical phenomena such as recoil momentum, bubble dynamics, and subsequent jet formation. Considerable stone retropulsion has been observed whereby the optical energy is converted into both mechanical and thermal energy as a distinctive bubble generation and collapse. It is hypothesized that by reducing the peak power and lengthening the pulse duration, we can reduce this conversion of optical energy into mechanical energy. This should maximize the thermal effects on the stone leading to enhanced ablation efficiency as well as less stone “chasing”. We are reporting on a new prototype Holmium laser with low pulse power and long temporal pulse durations in an attempt to minimize stone retropulsion.
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Thomas C. Hasenberg, Sanwei Liu, Longquan Chen, Isha Parab, Jasmine Cancino, Aditi Ray, Jian James Zhang, Tim Harrah, Bingyuan Yang, Ben Turney, Hyun Wook Kang, "Stone retropulsion rates of a 100W pulse-modulated Holmium:YAG laser," Proc. SPIE 11619, Advanced Photonics in Urology, 116190A (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2578996