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Cost
• ProspectiveRCTsheathvsnosheath1 • UAS saved $700 per case!
• UseofUASallowsureteroscopetobeused for twice as many cases before needing repairs2
Pietrow 2002: Kramolowsky 2016: Taguchi 2018:
$3,000/repair $7,521/repair $5,750/repair
1 Kourambas et al J Urol, 2001 2 Pietrow et al Urology, 2002
