Abstract
Since ECIRS offers the possibility of a simultaneous antegrade and retrograde access to the upper urinary tract performed by two distinct urologists, the optimal working environment should comprise a valid video network with adequate settings, a complete imaging equipment, an irrigation system, and a variety of instruments and accessories, which should be well known in terms of features and technological details. In this chapter the authors describe a complete landscape of all the alternatives on the market, with regard to ureteroscopes and nephroscopes, disposable accessories like access needles, guidewires and dilation systems, intracorporeal lithotripsy, and fragments retrieval devices.
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Scoffone, C.M., Hoznek, A., Rode, J. (2014). Instruments and Accessories for ECIRS. In: Scoffone, C., Hoznek, A., Cracco, C. (eds) Supine Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and ECIRS. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0459-0_12
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