Table 3. Overall Complications according to Clavien classification.
| Intraoperative | Postoperative | |||
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| Complication | Patients, N (%) | Action | Patients, n (%) | Action |
| Clavien Grade I | ||||
| Hematuria | 7 (1.9) | Fluid irrigation | 2 (0.5) | DJ placement |
| Lumbalgia | - | - | 1 (0.2) | Analgesics |
| Fever | - | - | 23 (6.4) | Antipyretics |
| Clavien Grade II | ||||
| Perforation of pelvis/ calyx | 5 (1.4) | DJ placement | - | - |
| Ureteral injury | 11 (3) | DJ placement | - | - |
| Non obstructive pyelonephritis | - | - | 2 (0.5) | Antibiotics |
| Clavien Grade IIIa | ||||
| Obstructive pyelonephritis | - | - | 2 (0.5) | DJ placement Antibiotics |
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| Total | 24 (6.7) | 30 (8.4) | ||
N = number; DJ = double J stent; Clavien grade I = Any deviation from the normal postoperative course without the need for pharmacological treatment or surgical, endoscopic and radiological interventions. Clavien grade II = Requiring pharmacological treatment with drugs other than such allowed for grade I complications. Clavien III= complicaiton requiring surgical, endoscopic or radiological intervention.