Comparison of ultrasound-assisted and pure fluoroscopy-guided extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for renal stones

Table 1 Patient demographics and stone characteristics

Characteristic	USa	FS	p value
Number of patients	209	216
Patient age (mean ± SD)	53.3 ± 13.2	53.8 ± 12.4	0.568
Patient gender			0.016
Male, n (%)	130 (62.2%)	158 (73.1%)
Female, n (%)	79 (37.8%)	58 (26.8%)
Stone size (cm)	1.03 ± 0.37	0.87 ± 0.33	0.008
> 1 cm (n)	111	73
< 1 cm (n)	98	143

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