{"id":275,"date":"2014-07-30T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2016-03-14T17:05:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T17:05:01","slug":"holmium-laser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/holmium-laser\/","title":{"rendered":"Holmium Laser For Kidney Stones – Treatment in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holmium Laser Treatment of Kidney Stones<\/h1>\n

by Alex Shteynshlyuger MD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What are the Advantages of Holmium Laser?<\/h2>\n

Holmium laser is a very powerful type of laser which is very efficient at fragmenting and pulverizing kidney stones. \u00a0A major advantage of holmium laser over other types of lasers is its safety profile. \u00a0Because the laser energy can travel only 1 mm the surgeon has truly surgical precision when using holmium laser to break kidney stones. \u00a0In general holmium laser is one of the safest lasers that we have.<\/p>\n

What is Holmium Laser Used For?<\/h3>\n

Holmium laser is very versatile. It can cut\u00a0tissue and break kidney stones. \u00a0There are many urological applications of the holmium laser including<\/p>\n