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Table 1  Comparison of patient characteristics according to postoperative stone-free status

From: Novel scoring system combined with a virtual reality technique for the preoperative evaluation of the stone-free status after flexible ureteroscopy: the H.L.P.E.S. score

Variables

stone-free group(n = 120)

stone- residual group(n = 30)

P value

Age, years

49.27 ± 11.99

51.00 ± 12.23

0.482†

Gender, n (%)

   

Male

79(65.8%)

23(76.7%)

0.255*

Female

41(34.2%)

7(23.3%)

BMI, kg/m2

24.29 ± 3.11

25.24 ± 3.37

0.143†

Affected side(n, %)

   

Left

61(50.8%)

19(63.3%)

0.220*

Right

59(49.2%)

11(36.7%)

Preoperative stent (n, %)

   

Yes

25(20.8%)

3(10.0%)

0.173*

No

95(79.2%)

27(90.0%)

Prior treatment(n, %)

   

Yes

34(28.3%)

10(66.7%)

0.591*

No

86(71.7%)

20(33.3%)

Stone surface area,mm3 [14]

513.9 ± 406.1

1844.3 ± 1179.4

<0.001

Renal pelvis volume,mm3 [14]

2240.0 ± 2019.7

5472.2 ± 7092.6

0.019

Visible number of calyces

1.96 ± 1.6

2.27 ± 2.5

0.553†

Essence of stone,HU

973.3 ± 360.4

1240.8 ± 411.4

<0.001

Length of calyces funnel,mm

20.9 ± 6.1

28.7 ± 6.1

<0.001

Pelvic calyceal height,mm

22.4 ± 7.7

26.0 ± 7.7

0.052†

Obstruction by S.O.L.V.E.,mm

16.5 ± 6.0

15.0 ± 5.0

0.216†

Operation time, min

29.3 ± 15.4

54.2 ± 30.83

<0.001

  1. Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index
  2. *Pearson’s chi-square test
  3. †No significant difference between the same superscripts. Bold font indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05)