Table 1.
The effect of multiplicity, laterality, stone length and gender on stone free rate, operative time, extravasation and hematuria.
| Multiplicity | Laterality | Stone length (mm) | Sex | ||||||
| Total | Single 236 |
Multiple 31 |
Rt 159 |
Lt 108 |
<15 187 |
≥ 15 80 |
Male 218 |
Female 49 |
|
| Stone free rate | 91% (n = 243) | 215 | 28 (p = 0.85)* |
143 | 100 (p = 0.46)* | 167 | 76 (p = 0.21)* |
196 | 47 (p = 0.27)* |
| Operative time (minutes) | Mean 55 | 54.1 ± 6.1 | 55.9 ± 6.5 (p = 0.13)* |
54.6 ± 5.1 | 55.6 ± 5.5 (p = 0.13)* |
54.1 ± 5.1 | 55.9 ± 5.5 (p = 0.01)$ |
55.8 ±5.9 | 54 ± 6.1 (p = 0.07)* |
| Extravasation | 6.7% (n = 18) | 15 | 3 (p = 0.45)* |
10 | 8 (p = 0.72)* |
12 | 6 (p = 0.75)* |
16 | 2 (p = 0.54)* |
| Hematuria | 18.4% (n = 49) | 43 | 6 (p = 0.88)* |
34 | 15 (p = 0.12)* |
38 | 11 (p = 0.2)* |
41 | 8 (p = 0.69)* |
* p value > 0.05 (insignificant).
$p value is < 0.05 (significant).