Lithotripsy is an intervention designed to achieve a bladder stone broken into fragments smaller. Laser lithotripsy is a new technique that allows the fragmentation and removal of stone in a single surgical procedure. Has significant advantages over traditional techniques, such as extracorporeal lithotripsy, because it is less invasive, they can treat all types of calculations and achieved total fragmentation of the calculation in a single session.
03-04-2013Laser Lithotripsy
Lithotripsy is an intervention designed to achieve a bladder stone broken into fragments smaller. Laser lithotripsy is a new technique that allows the fragmentation and removal of stone in a single surgical procedure. Has significant advantages over traditional techniques, such as extracorporeal lithotripsy, because it is less invasive, they can treat all types of calculations and achieved total fragmentation of the calculation in a single session.
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Experts in Laser Lithotripsy
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Dr. Oriol Angerri Feu
UrologyExpert in:
- Kidney Stones
- Endourology
- Extracorporeal lithotripsy
- Laser Lithotripsy
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
- Ureteroscopy
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Dr. Félix Millán Rodríguez
UrologyExpert in:
- Kidney Stones
- Extracorporeal lithotripsy
- Laser Lithotripsy
- Shock waves
- Endourology
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Dr. José Ángel Gómez Pascual
UrologyExpert in:
- Holmium laser
- Bladder Cancer
- Laser Lithotripsy
- Prostate Cancer
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Urethra surgery
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Dr. Francisco Manuel Antuña Calle
UrologyExpert in:
- Kidney Stones
- Prostate
- Holmium laser
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Endoscopy
- Laser Lithotripsy
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Dr. Ernesto Sánchez Sánchez
UrologyExpert in:
- Laser Lithotripsy
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostatic benign hypertrophy
- Urinary Incontinence
- Testicular cancers
- Bladder Cancer
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