Combined treatment of impacted ureteral stones: Holmium laser and pneumatic ballistic

Abstract

The treatment of impacted stones remains a challenging issue for urologists, and is usually treated clinically by a single surgical procedure. In this paper, we report a case of combined holmium laser and pneumatic ballistics for the treatment of an impacted ureteral stone. The postoperative examination showed that the stone was cleared and no complications occurred.

Keywords

• Impacted ureteral stones
• Holmium laser
• Pneumatic ballistics
• Ureteroscopic lithotripsy