Flexible cystoscope group (N = 85) | Ureteroscope group (N = 64) | P | |
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Variable | |||
Duration of stents, mean ± SD, range, days | 27.6 ± 6.5,16–29 | 28.8 ± 10.5,14–31 | 0.703 |
Operative time, mean ± SD, range, minutes | 3.0 ± 0.6,2.2–3.5 | 2.3 ± 0.6,1.5–2.7 | 0.062 |
VAS score of perioperative pain, mean ± SD, range | 2.5 ± 1.2, 2–6 | 3.1 ± 1.9, 3–8 | 0.234 |
VAS score of postoperative pain, mean ± SD, range | 2.3 ± 1.2, 1–4 | 2.8 ± 1.4, 1–4 | 0.325 |
Patients lost at follow up, n (%) | 6 (7.1) | 7 (10.9) | 0.406 |
Postoperative macroscopic hematuria, n (%) | |||
More than 1 day | 5 (6.3) | 5 (8.8) | 0.742 |
Postoperative irritable bladder symptoms, n (%) | 6 (7.6) | 6 (10.5) | 0.382 |