Resistance of different guide wires to laser injury: an in-vitro experiment.

CONCLUSIONS: Both lasers revealed a harmful effect on the three tested guide-wires. There was an association between the degree of injury and the amount of holmium:YAG laser energy and thulium:YAG laser power. The guide-wire Zebra proved to be the safest when using holmium:YAG laser and the PTFE guide-wire the most resistant to laser thulium:YAG. Further studies are necessary to confirm these results. PMID: 30160385 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Minerva Urol Nefrol Source Type: research