Research Article

Damage of Stone Baskets by Endourologic Lithotripters: A Laboratory Study of 5 Lithotripters and 4 Basket Types

Figure 1

All four different basket types from left to right are as follows: (i) Dormia (Mentor Porgès), 4 helical wires (diameter 0.25 mm), 3.5 F, nitinol, (ii) Dormia (Mentor Porgès), 4 helical wires (diameter 0.18 mm), 2.5 F, nitinol, (iii) Epflex, tipless, plaited basket (wire diameter 0.127 mm), 2.5 F, nitinol, and (iv) Equadus (OptiMed), tipless basket, 4 wires (diameter 0.07 mm), 1.8 F, nitinol.
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