Table 2.

Overview of the measured outcome parameters.

Studies	Stent Removal	Number of Patients	Urinary Tract Infection (%)	Major Urological Complication	Ureteral Stenosis (%)	Urinary Leakage (%)	Surgical Reintervention (%)
Yuksel et al. [23]	5–7 days	153	0% *	11.0%			11.0%
	8–14 days	165	1.2% *	9.6%			9.6%
	15–21 days	283	1.1% *	1.7%			1.7%
	>22 days	217	3.2% *	1.3%			1.3%
Patel et al. [21]	5 days	79	7.6% *	3.7%	1.2%	2.5%	3.7%
	6 weeks	126	24.6% *	0.8%	0.8%	0%	0.8%
Sarier et al. [22]	15–21 days	28	7.1% *	x
	21–28 days	54	5.6% *	x
	28–35 days	25	12.0% *	x
Wingate et al. [8]	<3 weeks	143	31.7% *	x
	>3 weeks	161	51.6% *	x
Liu et al. [20]	7 days	52	5.8% *	0%	0%	0%	0%
	28 days	51	29.4% *	0%	0%	0%	0%
Dadkhah et al. [37]	10 days	164	18.1%	1.0%		1.0%
	20 days	162	5.7%	1.0%		1.0%
	30 days	112	9.1%	2.8%		2.8%
Asgari et al. [38]	10 days	30	20.0%	6.6%		6.6%
	20 days	31	9.7%	6.4%		6.4%
	30 days	30	26.7%	13.3%		13.3%
Gunawansa et al. [36]	6 days	203	11.3%	0%	0%
	28 days	179	10.6%	1.1%	1.1%
Soldano et al. [35]	5 days	47	10.6% *	0%		0%	0%
	6 weeks	47	25.5% *	6.3%		6.3%	2.1%
Lee et al. [34]	5 days	26	53.0%	23.0%
	6 weeks	26	30.0%	12.0%
Huang et al. [33]	3 weeks	179	2.2% *	1.1%	0%	1.1%	1.1%
	6 weeks	186	8.1% *	1.1%	0%	1.1%	1.1%
Indu et al. [31]	7 days	50	14.0% *	2.0%		2.0%	0%
	28 days	50	38.0% *	0%		0%	0%
Coskun et al. [13]	13–14 days	10	10.0% *	0%
	>20 days	38	45.0% *	0%
Verma et al. [32]	2 weeks	52	25.0% *	5.8%	0%	5.8%	0%
	4 weeks	57	35.1% *	10.0%	0%	10.0%	0%

* Defined as urinary tract infection (UTI).