Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using ta
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Richard L. Blackmon; Pierce B. Irby; Nathaniel M. Fried
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Introduction The Thulium fiber laser has recently been tested as a potential alternative to the Holmium:YAG laser for lithotripsy. This study explores use of a short taper for expanding the Thulium fiber laser beam at the distal tip of a smallβcore fiber. ## Methods Thulium fiber