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Table 2 Surgical outcomes and postoperative complications of the patients (n = 30)

From: One-stage tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy for asymptomatic calculous pyonephrosis

Statistical variables

Results

Operative time (min, mean ± SD)

66.6 ± 34.7

Estimated intraoperative bleeding volume (mL, mean ± SD)

16.7 ± 14.3

Retained nephrostomy tube [cases, (%)]

 

 Yes

3/30 (10.0)

 None

27/30 (90.0)

Postoperative hospital stay of all 30 patients (day, mean ± SD)

5.0 ± 3.1

Postoperative hospital stay of the 27 one-channel patients (day, mean ± SD)

4.6 ± 2.5

Pus culture [cases, (%)]

 

 Negative

8/19 (42.1)

 Aspergillus chimaera

5/19 (26.3)

 Escherichia coli

3/19 (15.8)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

2/19 (10.5)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1/19 (5.3)

Postoperative blood WBC (109/L)

9.6 ± 4.3

Postoperative complications [cases, (%)]

 

 None

26/30 (86.7)

 Body temperature > 38.5 °C

3/30 (10.0)

 Hemorrhage

1/30 (3.3)

 Sepsis, peripheral organ damage, death

0

Immediate stone-free rate in all 30 patients [cases, (%)]

25/30 (83.3)

Final stone-free rate in all 30 patients [cases, (%)]

28/30 (93.3)

Immediate stone-free rate in the 27 one-channel patients [cases, (%)]

25/27 (92.6)

Final stone-free rate in the 27 one-channel patients [cases, (%)]

25/27 (92.6)

Major stone composition [cases, (%)]

 

 Calcium oxalate stones

15/30 (50.0)

 Infected stones

14/30 (46.7)

Anhydrous uric acid stones

1/30 (3.3)