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Olivier Traxer1, Mariela Corrales1
1Sorbonne University, GRC Urolithiasis no. 20, Tenon Hospital, Paris F-75020, France; Sorbonne University, Department of Urology AP-HP, Tenon Hospital, Paris F-75020, France.
Abstract:
Laser technology has been a breakthrough in urology. The new era in endocorporeal laser lithotripsy has recently begun in mid-2020, where promising technologies tested in vitro have reached their approval for clinical use and, in that way, have made it possible to confirm their safety and advantages in the real world, for the patient and for the urologist.
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