The findings demonstrate that, for all operating modes and stone types, the NEPL device needs much less cumulative energy and thus fewer pulses for stone fragmentation than the EHL device. The disparity in the results is explained by the dissimilar mechanisms at work in the compared lithotripters during destruction of the stone.
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