Impact of intraoperative tidal volume on surgical parameters during flexible ureteroscopy
Ersin Gokmen, Seniyye Ulgen Zengin, Turker Altuntas, Ceyhun Ozdemiroglu, Bahadir Kagan Kalyoncu, Dogancan Dorucu, Gunal Ozgur, Meliha Orhon Ergun, Tarik Emre Sener · 2026
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Description
Ersin Gokmen and colleagues published a 2026 prospective study on breathing settings during keyhole kidney stone surgery. Flexible ureteroscopy threads a thin scope into the kidney to laser stones apart, and the anesthesiologist's tidal volume, the air moved per breath, might jiggle the kidney and change laser accuracy. Seventy patients with single stones were grouped by whether their tidal volume reached five hundred milliliters.
Operating time and lasing time did not differ between groups. The higher-volume group used more total laser energy, while the lower-volume group achieved better laser efficiency, meaning more stone destroyed per unit of energy. Stone-free rates, infections, and hospital stays were similar. The authors label the efficiency finding exploratory, a hypothesis for a randomized trial rather than a practice change.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ersin Gokmen, Seniyye Ulgen Zengin, Turker Altuntas, Ceyhun Ozdemiroglu, Bahadir Kagan Kalyoncu, Dogancan Dorucu, Gunal Ozgur, Meliha Orhon Ergun, Tarik Emre Sener |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |