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Table 1 Patients Demographics profile

From: Supra-costal tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy is not associated with increased complication rate: a prospective study of safety and efficacy of supra-costal versus sub-costal access

 

Supra-costal(n = 56)

Subcostal(n = 30)

Total(n = 86)

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

P value

Sex

 F

17 (30)

17 (57)

34 (40)

0.0174

 M

39 (70)

13 (43)

52 (60)

 Age(years)a

52.33 ± 11.75

55.43 ± 12.59

  

Side

 Left

26 (46)

12 (40)

38 (44)

0.5672

 Right

30 (54)

18 (60)

48 (56)

Stone location

 Renal+upper ureter

8 (14)

1 (3)

9 (10)

0.4159

 Renal

26 (46)

15 (50)

41 (48)

 Staghorn

16 (29)

9 (30)

25 (29)

 Upper ureter

6 (11)

5 (17)

11 (13)

Stone Burden

 Length (mm)

42.59 ± 19.76

33.41 ± 18.00

38.73 ± 19.42

0.077

 Width (mm)

27.03 ± 12.28

24.38 ± 13.98

25.92 ± 12.97

0.577

 Dimension (L x W)

1346.51 ± 1111.07

999.46 ± 1166.55

1200.38 ± 1137.63

0.259

  1. 1. Chi-square test
  2. 2. aPool t-test