The factors formation the efficiency and safety of urinary stone crushing using holmium thulium fiber lasers were selected, substantiated normalized. A multifactorial integral criterion urolithiasis treatment by laser lithotripsy was formed analyzed. Recommendations are given for use stones.

The reliability and lifetime demanded by spacebased applications of 2-micron solid state lasers are beyond the capability of currently available laser diode arrays. This paper provides the status of an ongoing technology advancement effort toward long-lifetime high power laser diode arrays suitable for pumping Thulium and Holmium based solid state lasers.

Group-velocity dispersion of birefringent GeAsSe tapered PCF is directly measured over 1900-2300nm range using all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer. We experimentally prove that zero-dispersion wavelength of chalcogenide PCFs can be shifted to thulium/holmium doped silica emission band. OCIS codes: (060.2270) Fiber characterization; (260.2030) Dispersion; (060.2390) Fiber optics, infrared

Address correspondence to Dr. Kevin C. Zorn, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal, 235 boul. reneLevesque est, Suite 301, Montreal, QC H2X 1n8 Canada Holmium laser: not just the tool for BPH enucleation Kevin C. Zorn, MD Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Referring to the article published on pp. 8356-836...

Advances in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery continue to be made in the state of Hawaii. A new technique of dacryocystorhinostomy using the endoscope and the pulsed Holmium: YAG laser as well as a subconjunctival endoscopic assisted approach to orbital surgery for orbital decompression is described. The integrated hydroxyapatite implant replacing the enucleated eye gives excellent ...

Mesenchymal tumors of the urinary bladder are rare and the majority of them are malignant. We report two cases of leiomyoma of the urinary bladder presenting with symptoms of bladder outlet obstruction. The first patient was managed with staged transurethral resections, and the second with holmium laser transurethral inoculation. The outcome was excellent in both cases. A review of the literatu...