Table 1.

Demographics of endourological responses

What is your subspecialty interest?
General urology – 22.8%			Endourology – 77.2%
How many renal/ureteric stone cases does your unit deal with annually?
<25	25–50	50–100	100–150	150–200	>200	not sure
1.7%	3.5%	5.3%	13.2%	19.4%	55.5%	0.8%
How many flexible ureteroscopes do you have in your unit?
1	2	3	4	>5	>10	not sure
5.2%	27%	22.2%	12%	23.1%	8.4%	1.9%
How many of these flexible scopes are ‘digital’ scopes?
1	2	3	4	>5	>10	not sure
32%	29.5%	10.2%	8.2%	7.9%	1.1%	11.4%
What is the estimated number of flexible ureteroscopies performed in your unit annually?
<25	25–50	51–100	101–200	>201	not sure
10%	15.4%	25.4%	25.4%	22.7%	0.9%
Over the last year how many flexible ureteroscopes have been damaged?
1	2	3	>5	>10
36.6%	29.7%	9.9%	15.8%	7.7%
Which is the most frequent damage to your scope?
Laser damage	Loss of deflection	Optical damage	Don’t know
23.7%	22.7%	31.7%	21.7%