Both SWL and RIRS are safe and efficacious for lower caliceal calculi ≤20 mm. For stones <10 mm, SWL was less invasive and safer than RIRS with efficacy comparable to it. However, for 10-20 mm stones, RIRS was more effective, with lesser retreatment rate.
Miniperc is more efficacious than SWL for treatment of radiopaque lower caliceal renal calculi 1 to 2 cm in children in terms of higher SFR and lesser auxiliary and re-treatment rates. Miniperc, however, resulted in more complication, operative time, radiation exposure, and hospital stay.
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