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

Table 1

Potential Dangers of Lithotriptors: Danger for the ureter tested by Piergovanni et al. [14] (not testing the Electrokinetic device). Danger for the basket wire tested by Cordes et al. [6] (not testing the electrohydraulic device).

	Danger for Basket wire	Minimal danger for Basket wire
Danger for Ureter	Ho : YAG [6, 14]	Electrohydraulic device [14]
Minimal danger for ureter	Ultrasonic device [6, 14]	Pneumatic ballistic device [6, 14], (Electrokinetic device [6])