Kwok, Jia-Lun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9758-6225
Ventimiglia, Eugenio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-1629
De Coninck, Vincent http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-5055
Panthier, Frédéric http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-2984
Barghouthy, Yazeed http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-0611
Danilovic, Alexandre http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6963-6117
Shrestha, Anil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2249-5345
Smyth, Niamh
Schmid, Florian Alexander http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0862-5027
Hunziker, Manuela
Poyet, Cédric http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-6941
Daudon, Michel
Traxer, Olivier http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2459-3803
Eberli, Daniel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-8010
Keller, Etienne Xavier http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1667-7609
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Zurich
Article History
Received: 20 July 2023
Accepted: 10 September 2023
First Online: 13 October 2023
Declarations
:
: Vincent De Coninck is a speaker and/or consultant for BD Bard and Coloplast, and has no specific conflicts of interest relevant to this work. Olivier Traxer is a consultant for Coloplast, Karl Storz, Rocamed, Quanta Systems, Ambu, Boston Scientific and IPG Medical, and has no specific conflicts relevant to this work. Etienne Xavier Keller is a speaker and/or consultant for Coloplast, Olympus, Boston Scientific, Recordati, Debiopharm and Alnylam, and has no specific conflicts of interest relevant to this work. All other authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The Thulio® p-Tm:YAG laser generator was provided by Dornier MedTech Gmbh for a short time period specifically dedicated to the present study.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.