Laser Surgery
In the last two decades laser techniques have become an increasingly popular method of treatment for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia, bladder tumours, urolithiasis, urinary tract strictures or lesions of the external genitalia.
Endoscopic intracorporeal laser lithotripsy is commonly used as a treatment for urinary calculi. Combined with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (see Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy), it made open stone surgery virtually obsolete