Instruments and accessories for ECIRS

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.