Table 2 Comparison of clinical characteristics according to SIRS at 32 initial treatments.

From: Successful outcomes of endoscopic lithotripsy in completely bedridden patients with symptomatic urinary calculi

 

SIRS

non-SIRS

p value

n = 10

n = 22

Gender (Male: Female)

4 (40%):6 (60%)

11 (50%):11 (50%)

0.712

Age over 75 (Yes: No)

4 (40%):6 (60%)

13 (59%):9 (41%)

0.450

Body mass index (kg/m2)

18 (17–32)

19 (13–28)

0.573

Antecedent obstructive pyelonephritis (Yes: No)

7 (70%):3 (30%)

20 (91%):2 (9%)

0.293

Target to renal stone (Yes: No)

10 (100%):0 (0%)

15 (68%):7 (32%)

0.069

URS alone (Yes: No)

6 (60%):4 (40%)

20 (91%):2 (9%)

0.060

Index stone diameter, mm

24 (5–78)

14 (5–24)

0.065

Cumulative stone diameter, mm

31 (6–122)

22 (5–62)

0.066

Highest CT-attenuation value, Hounsfield unit

1144 (374–1372)

813 (155–1708)

0.484

Struvite calculi (Yes: No)

5 (50%):5 (50%)

7 (39%):11 (61%)

0.698

Preoperative bladder urine culture (Positive: Negative)

9 (90%):1 (10%)

19 (86%):3 (14%)

1.000

Renal pelvic urine culture (Positive: Negative)

6 (60%):4 (40%)

9 (41%):13 (59%)

0.450

Stone culture (Positive: Negative)

5 (50%):5 (50%)

5 (28%):13 (72%)

0.412

Operation time, min

114 (36–181)

81 (25–220)

0.156

Preoperative stent (Yes: No)

7 (70%):3 (30%)

10 (45%):12 (55%)

0.265

Preoperative nephrostomy (Yes: No)

3 (30%):7 (70%)

7 (32%):15 (68%)

1.000

Duration of drainage tube placement, days

    Initial placement - surgery

54 (17–473)

27 (8–728)

0.945

    The latest replacement - surgery

35 (17–112)

26 (4–68)

0.135

  1. Categorial variables are shown as number of patients. Continuous variables are shown as median (full range).
  2. SIRS = Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; URS = Ureteroscopy; CT = Computed tomography.