Table 5.
Comparison with other studies
| Variable | Sabnis et al.[15] | Knoll et al.[11] | Lee et al.[19] | Pan et al.[18] | Our study | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini-PCNL | RIRS | Mini-PCNL | RIRS | Mini-PCNL | RIRS | Mini-PCNL | RIRS | Mini-PCNL | RIRS | P | |
| Renal units | 32 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 35 | 33 | 59 | 56 | 40 | 40 | |
| Age (years) | 44.48 | 49.28 | 56 | 53 | 59.3 | 55.8 | 49.32 | 49.37 | 35.6 | 40.45 | 0.447 |
| Sex (male:female) | 19:13 | 25:7 | 15:10 | 9:12 | 28:7 | 28:5 | 37:22 | 36:20 | 25:15 | 32:8 | 0.069 |
| BMI | - | - | 27 | 31 | 23.52 | 23.69 | 23 | 25.09 | |||
| Stone size (cm) | 1.52 | 1.42 | 18 | 19 | 39.1 | 28.9 | 22.37 | 22.28 | 12.35 | 12.9 | 0.449 |
| OT time (min) | 40.81 | 50.63 | 59 | 106 | 76.1 | 99.6 | 62.39 | 73.07 | 51.58 | 69.75 | 0.003 |
| Fluoroscopy time (s) | - | - | - | - | 56.78 | 40.20 | 0.012 | ||||
| Intraoperative comp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Postoperative comp | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 16 | |||
| Pain POD1 | 2.74 | 2 | - | - | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.45 | 3.20 | 0.005 | ||
| Pain POD2 | 1.9 | 1.22 | - | - | 2.70 | 1.05 | <0.001 | ||||
| Hb drop | 1.43 | 0.40 | - | - | 0.69 | 0.38 | 0.128 | 0.04 | 0.88 | 0.42 | <0.001 |
| Hospital stay | 2.07 | 1.94 | - | - | 1.6 | 1.5 | 4.47 | 1.95 | 2.85 | 2.45 | 0.155 |
| SFR (%) - POD1 | - | - | 96 | 71.5 | 77.5 | 45 | 0.003 | ||||
| 1 month | 100 | 96.88 | 100 | 85.8 | 96.6 | 71.4 | 90 | 85 | 0.615 | ||
| 3 months | - | - | - | - | 92.5 | 87.5 | 0.338 | ||||
| Second surgery | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | |||||
| DJ stent removal | 23 | 19 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 35 | |||||
| QOL | Same | Same | |||||||||
Mini-PCNL: Minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy, RIRS: Retrograde intrarenal surgery, BMI: Body mass index, POD: Postoperative day, Hb: Hemoglobin, QOL: Quality of life, DJ: Double J, OT- Operative Time.Lee et al [17], SFR: Stone-free rate