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Table 3 Duration of the stents, perioperative and postoperative characteristics of female patients

From: A prospective and randomized comparison of rigid ureteroscopic to flexible cystoscopic retrieval of ureteral stents

 

Flexible cystoscope group (N = 85)

Ureteroscope group (N = 64)

P

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