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Table 1 Patient demographics and variables

From: A comparative study of flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy for upper urinary tract stones in patients with prior urosepsis following emergency drainage via retrograde ureteral stent or percutaneous nephrostomy

Variables

RUS

PCN

P-value

Total patients

58

44

 

Age, year

58.84 ± 12.37

60.05 ± 13.15

0.638

Gender

Male

9(15.52%)

9(20.45%)

0.700

Female

49(84.48%)

38(79.55%)

BMI M(P25,P75)

22.48(20.10, 25.20)

22.13(20.25, 23.55)

0.385

Diabetes Mellitus

YES

14(24.14%)

10(22.73%)

0.868

NO

44(75.86%)

34(77.27%)

Location of stone

Renal pelvis

15(25.86%)

13(29.55%)

0.681

Upper ureteral

43(74.14%)

31(70.45%)

Stone laterality

Left

31(53.45%)

19(43.18%)

0.363

Right

26(44.83%)

25(56.82%)

Bilateral

1(1.72%)

0

Stone number

Single

37(63.79%)

27(61.36%)

0.802

Multiple

21(36.21%)

17(38.64%)

Stone size(mm) M(P25,P75)

8.00(8.00,11.00)

11.00 (8.00,12.5)

0.085

Degree of hydronephrosis

Mild

42(72.41%)

26(59.09%)

0.403

Moderate

13(22.41%)

14(31.82%)

Severe

3 (5.18%)

4(9.09%)

Positive urine culture

YES

42(72.41%)

29(65.91%)

0.479

NO

16(27.59%)

15(34.09%)

  1. Data presented as Median (IQR 25–75), Mean ± SD and frequency (percentage)as appropriate