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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Jul 23;19(6):1234–1239. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.07.042

Table 1.

Comparison of Cases and Process Measures Between Urologist- and Gastroenterologist-Directed ESWL

Variable Urologist-directed Gastroenterologist-directed P value
Number of pts (rate) 18 (0.47/mo) 61 (1.79/mo)
Mean patient age, y (SD) 58.6 (13.5) 57.6 (13.1) .77
Female sex, n (%) 8 (44) 25 (41) .79
Prior intervention, % of pts 89 80 .40
Charlson Index (SD) 2.61 (1.82) 3.26 (2.82) .36
Opiate use, % of pts 78 46 .017
Mean number of pancreatic stones (SD) 1.78 (1) 1.75 (0.94) .91
Mean diameter of largest stone, mm (SD) 9.4 (4.29) 11.6 (6.20) .22
Time from referral to ESWL, d (SD) 41.3 (28.4) 49.0 (35.2) .40
Mean shocks/session (SD) 3117 (567) 4341 (663) < .001
Same day ESWL and ERCP, % of pts 5.6 65.6 < .001
Post-procedure hospitalization, % of pts 100 14.8 < .001
Captured adverse events, % of pts 16.7 21.7 .65

ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; ESWL, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; pts, patients; SD, standard deviation.