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Table 2 Overall outcomes, stone free rate, complication, retreatment rate

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

 

US (n = 209)

FS (n = 216)

p value

Stone free rate (%)

91 (43.5)

61 (28.2)

 < 0.001

Disintegrate rate (%)

179 (85.6)

139 (64.3)

 < 0.001

Retreatment rate (%)

31 (14.8)

77 (35.6)

 < 0.001

Complication rate (%)

4 (1.9)

13 (6.0)

0.031

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BMC Urology

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