From: Metal stent for the ureteral stricture after surgery and/or radiation treatment for malignancy
Variable | US (n = 32) |
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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 |