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Table 3 Summary of surgical data, (n = 51)

From: Pre- and peri-operative clinical information, physiological observations and outcome measures following flexible ureterorenoscopy (FURS), for the treatment of kidney stones. A single-centre observational clinical pilot-study in 51 patients

Duration of FURS procedure (minutes)

Mean

58

Median

49

Range

22–104

Laser used

Yes

42

No

9

Duration of laser use (minutes)

Mean

16.8

Median

10.8

Range

0.3–54.2

Laser Energy (J)

Mean

3232.7

Laser pulse

Mean

6272.8

JJ stent

No

18

Presented with in-situ stent

8

Stent inserted day of procedure

25

Stone sample collected

Yes

34

No

17

Mean stone size

11

Subsequent results from stone analysis

Main constituent of stone(s)

Patients

Calcium oxalate monohydrate

14 (48%)

Calcium oxalate dihydrate

2 (7%)

Calcium phosphate

4 (21%)

Cystine

4 (14%)

Calcium hydroxyl phosphate

3 (10%)

Post-operative complication

Yes

4 (UTI n = 3, Urosepsis n = 1)

No

47

  1. FURS flexible ureteroscopy; DJ Double-J