The Broken Stone Basket: Configuration and Technique for Removal*

Abstract

Baskets break at typical holmium:YAG intracorporeal lithotripsy energy settings. Tipless baskets break easiest and assume a safer configuration. Tipless baskets are extracted easily through a 7F open-ended catheter, 8F/10F set, or 20F sheath, while tipped baskets are unable to be extracted through any of these.