Table 4.
Perioperative Patient Outcomes by Stone Location
| Lower pole | Renal pelvis only | Ureter only | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SURE (n = 7) | Basket (n = 5) | SURE (n = 1) | Basket (n = 2) | SURE (n = 1) | Basket (n = 1) | |
| Volume of stone removed at postoperative day 1, (mm3) | 188 ± 103 (64–298) | 72 ± 37 (32–128) | 221 | 116 ± 32 (93–139) | 278 | 139 |
| p-Value | p = 0.038 | NAa | NAa | |||
| % Stone volume removed at postoperative day 1, (% of baseline) | 80 ± 21 (37–100) | 65 ± 25 (28–88) | 100 | 52 ± 4.7 (49–55) | 90 | 21 |
| p-Value | p = 0.28 | NAa | NAa | |||
| Stone removal rate (mm3/min) | 14.9 ± 6.8 (5.8–24.2) | 7.1 ± 3.0 (2.1–9.6) | 9.5 | 9.7 ± 8.2 (4.0–15.5) | 35.9 | 22.0 |
| p-Value | p = 0.039 | NAa | NAa | |||
Mean ± standard deviation (range).
a
NA, not applicable (sample size too low to calculate).