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Table 2 Procedure-related characteristics and follow-up

From: Metal stent for the ureteral stricture after surgery and/or radiation treatment for malignancy

Variable

US (n = 32)

Operative time, min, median (range)

75 (40–125)

Length of hospital stay, days, median (range)

7 (4–17)

Total cost, $, median (range)

10,600.2 (9394.4–33,527.4)

 Stent cost, $, median (range)

7558 (7377–7992)

 Anesthesia cost, $

270

 Operating room fees, $

2200

Follow up, months, median (range)

16 (8–21)

Stent patency, n (%)

27 (84)

Postoperative complications, n (%)

 

Clavien Dindo grade I

 

 Gross hematuria

4 (12.5)

 Fever

3 (9.3)

Clavien Dindo grade II

 

 Infection needed antibiotics

2 (6.2)

Clavien Dindo grade III–IV

 

 Stent migration

4 (12.5)

 Stent encrustation

0