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Table 1 Comparison of clinical data between patients with and without delayed discharge after day-surgery PCNL

From: Reasons and risk factors for delayed discharge after day-surgery percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Variable

Cohort (n = 205)

LOSa ≤ 24 h (n = 175)

LOSa > 24 (n = 30)

P-Value

Age (y)

51.7 ± 12.4

51.7 ± 12.4

51.6 ± 12.6

0.967

Gender

   

0.027

 Male

126

113

13

 Female

79

62

17

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 3.3

23.6 ± 3.3

22.5 ± 3.0

0.103

Comorbidity

   

1.000

 No

173

147

26

 Yes

32

28

4

History of previous ipsilateral stone surgery

 No

177

153

24

0.216

 Yes

28

22

6

U-LEU

   

0.005

 − 

153

137

16

 + 

24

17

7

 +  + 

18

14

4

 +  +  + 

8

5

3

 +  +  +  + 

2

2

0

NIT

   

0.009

 − 

177

156

21

 + 

28

19

9

Urine culture

   

0.273

 − 

173

150

23

 + 

32

25

7

Stone burden (mm2)

631.5 ± 644.4

543.5 ± 589.4

1144.6 ± 719.5

 < 0.001

Stone density (HU)

956.4 ± 272.7

956.1 ± 271.0

958.3 ± 287.3

0.966

Degree of hydronephrosis 0.755

 None

31

26

5

 

 Mild

76

65

11

 

 Moderate

58

49

9

 

 Serious

40

35

5

 

Stone type

   

0.051

 Single

29

27

2

 Multiple

104

91

13

 Staghorn

72

57

15

Operative time (min)

74.6 ± 30.4

70.3 ± 25.2

99.7 ± 44.0

 < 0.001

Number of tracts

   

 < 0.001

 1

145

134

11

 2

28

20

8

 3

14

11

3

 4–7

18

10

8

Tract size

   

0.001

 Standard

38

26

12

 

 Mini

167

149

18

 

Number of nephrostomy tubes < 0.001

 0

77

74

3

 

 1

89

78

11

 

 2

33

21

12

 

 3

5

2

3

 

 4

1

0

1

 

SFR

88.8% (182/205)

90.3% (158/175)

80.0% (24/30)

0.117

 Under CT

87.7% (128/146)

89.0% (113/127)

78.9% (15/19)

 Under X-ray

9 1.5% (54/59)

93.8% (45/48)

81.8% (9/11)

  1. PCNL, percutaneous nephrolithotomy; LOS, length of stay; BMI, body mass index; U-LEU, urine leukocyte; NIT, urine nitrite; SFR: stone free rate; CT: computed tomography
  2. aLOS was counted as the number of hours between surgery and discharge