Laser Fiber and Flexible Ureterorenoscopy: The Safety Distance Concept

Abstract

Even if there is a big limitation of this study due to the impossibility to measure and to evaluate the damage of the fURS tip surface, we observed that when the laser fiber tip reaches ¼ of the screen, the bubble generated by laser activation is never rebounding on the camera of the ureterorenoscope, preserving it from laser damages. We can define this position as the safety distance.