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The vacuum suctioning device was connected to the sotn-UAS for suctioning fragments and dusts.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>All procedures were successfully completed. The steinstrasse was free in 22 patients according to kidney-ureter-bladder radiography one day postoperatively. No intraoperative complications were observed. A total of four patients experienced postoperative complications, including one patient who experienced fever and was treated with antipyretics, one patient who experienced hematuria and was cured with hemostatic agents, and two patients who experienced urinary tract infection and needed only antibiotics. 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