Hein, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9191-3264
Petzold, Ralf
Suarez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo
Müller, Philippe-Fabian
Schoenthaler, Martin
Miernik, Arkadiusz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Institutional funding, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Article History
Received: 24 January 2019
Accepted: 10 May 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This work was supported by material support of LISA Laser products (Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany). Simon Hein: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin, GER—research funding Germany (unrelated to the present work). Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin, GER—research funding Germany (unrelated to the present work). Philippe-Fabian Müller: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin, GER—research funding Germany (unrelated to the present work). Martin Schoenthaler: consultant contracts with NeoTract Inc., Pleasanton, USA and Trokamed GmbH, Geisingen, Germany (unrelated to the present work). Arkadiusz Miernik: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin, GER—research funding, German Association of Urology, Düsseldorf, GER—travel sponsoring, European Association of Urology, Arnhem, NL—travel sponsoring, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, GER—royalties, RichardWolf GmbH, Knittlingen, GER—speaker’s fee, KLS Martin, Tuttlingen, GER—advisor, Avatera medical, Jena, GER—advisor, Lisa laser OHG, GER—proctor, Schoelly fiber optics GmbH, GER—advisor, Optimed GmbH, Ettlingen, GER—advisor (unrelated to the present work).
: There are no human participants or animals involved in the study. Human stone probes were analyzed after ethical approval (IRB approved protocol number: 79/16 leading ethics committee: Ethik-Kommission der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) and written informed consent.