Table 1.
Descriptive clinical features of the patients included in the current analysis.
| Variables | |
|---|---|
| Patients, n. (%) | 97 (100.0) |
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 60 (50–67) |
| Sex, n. (%) | |
| Male | 54 (55.7) |
| Female | 43 (44.3) |
| DM, n. (%) | 77 (79.4) |
| CKD, n. (%) | 85 (87.6) |
| CCI, n. (%) | |
| 0 | 13 (13.4) |
| 1 | 14 (14.4) |
| ≥2 | 70 (72.2) |
| Side, n. (%) | |
| Right | 53 (54.6) |
| Left | 39 (40.2) |
| Bilateral | 5 (5.2) |
| History of stone-related surgery, n. (%) | 57 (58.8) |
| 2nd procedure, n. (%) | |
| URS/RIRS | 40 (41.2) |
| PCNL | 3 (3.1) |
| SWL | 32 (33.0) |
| none | 22 (22.7) |
| In-stay double J (days), median (IQR) | 60 (29–88) |
| Perioperative Complications, n. (%) | |
| UTIs | 8 (8.2) |
| Sepsis | 4 (4.1) |
Abbreviations are as follows: IQR: interquartile range; DM: Diabetes Mellitus; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; URS: Ureterorenoscopy; RIRS: Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery; PCNL: percutaneous nephrolithotripsy; SWL: Shock Wave Lithotripsy: UTIs: Urinary Tract Infections.