Table 3.
Complications among those receiving two types of irrigation during ureteroscopy
| Complication | Automated pressure (n = 206) |
Hand irrigation (n = 25) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Highest Clavien-Dindo score | N | Highest Clavien-Dindo score | |
| Subcapsular hematoma | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Urinary tract infection | 4 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Pyelonephritis | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Abdominal pain | 0 | N/A | 2 | I |
| Acute abdomen | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Clostridium difficile infection | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Fever | 6 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Severe hematuria or bleeding requiring intervention | 6 | IIIa | 0 | N/A |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Chest pain | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Atrial fibrillation | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| DVT/pulmonary embolism | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| Shortness of breath | 1 | I | 0 | N/A |
| Syncope | 1 | I | 0 | N/A |
| Seizure | 1 | II | 0 | N/A |
| AKI/acute renal failure | 0 | N/A | 1 | II |
AKI indicates acute kidney injury; DVT, deep vein thrombosis.