Table 4.
Outcomes of the included studies (ND – not documented, AUR – acute urinary retention)
| Author | Mean operating time +/-1 SD (mins) | Mean number of procedures | Mean postoperative creatinine +/-SD (mg/dL) and time measured | Initial SFR% | Final SFR% | Definition of SFR |
Failures (n) | Complications (n) | No. of Martin criteria met |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atis | 55.83 +/-10.90 |
1.17 | 1.56 +/-0.50 (2 weeks) |
83.3 | 95.8 | Fragments <4 mm | Failed to reach stone on second stage URS (1) | Febrile UTI (4) | 6 |
| Yuruk | 52.05 +/-17.54 |
1.06 | 1.46 +/-0.51 (3 months) |
ND | 66.66 | ND | ND | Fever (1), haematuria (1), colicky pain (5) | 5 |
| Gao | 76.4 +/-40.14 |
1.44 | 1.34 +/-0.71 (Time measured not specified) |
64.44 | 93.33 | Fragments <2 mm | 60mm stone needed 4 URS sessions, PCNL contra indicated (1) | Transient elevation of creatinine (10), sepsis (2), AUR (2) | 6 |
| Giusti | 75.2 +/-12.00 |
1.24 | 1.7 +/-0.6 (1 month) |
72.4 | 93.1 | Fragments <2 mm | Residual stones <5 mm but asymptomatic (2) | Fever (4), AUR (1), haematuria (2), Steinstrasse causing anuria and acute renal inury | 6 |
ND = No Data