Adoption of thulium fiber laser for lithotripsy
By unifying clinical outcomes and pre-clinical insights, this review showed the maturation of TFL into an effective, versatile lithotripsy modality with accelerating global uptake. Further evidence is required to better characterize remaining clinical variability, lack of standardized outcome definitions, and cost-effectiveness analyses.
Authors
- Michael Chua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-4067)
- Ihtisham Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3508-5075)
- Rahim Dhalla
- Priyank Yadav
- David-Dan Nguyen
- Adam Bobrowski
- Anna-Lisa Nguyen
- Jason Y. Lee
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Urological Association Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.9500
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00