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Table 2 Comparison of procedural details between patients who did not undergo angioembolization and patients who underwent angioembolization after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

From: Critical causes in severe bleeding requiring angioembolization after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

 

No AE

AE

p value

Operation time (minutes)

114.0 ± 55.8

90.4 ± 34.5

0.187a

Location of access

  

0.266b

 Lower pole

20/32 (62.5%)

17/21 (81.0%)

 

 Other (middle or upper)

11/32 (34.4%)

3/21 (14.3%)

 

 Lower pole & other

1/32 (3.1%)

1/21 (4.8%)

 

Number of tracts

  

1.000c

 1

31/32 (96.9%)

20/21 (95.2%)

 

 2

1/32 (3.1%)

1/21 (4.8%)

 

Puncture correctness

  

0.021b

 Correct

21/32 (65.6%)

7/21 (33.3%)

 

 Incorrect

11/32 (34.4%)

14/21 (66.7%)

 

Stone free rate

24/32 (75.0%)

15/21 (71.4%)

1.000b

Interval between surgery and angioembolization (days)

NR

7.4 ± 6.4

 

Angiographic findings

NR

  

 Pseudoaneurysm

 

15/21 (71.4%)

 

 AVF

 

5/21 (23.8%)

 

 Both

 

1/21 (4.8%)

 
  1. AE angioembolization, UPJ ureteropelvic junction, AVF arteriovenous fistula, NR not relevant
  2. Results of continuous variables expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  3. aMann-Whitney U test
  4. bChi-square test
  5. cFisher’s exact test