Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the overall analysis.
Author year country | Treatment group (n) | Age (years) | Sex (M/F) | Stone size (mm) | Type of ESWL device | Sheath size for PNL (French) | PNL | URS | Follow up (months) | Modality for follow up | Impaction | Modality for measuring stone size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lopes-Neto 2012 Brazil | A-SWL(14) B-URS (16) C-LUL (15) | A-46 B-49.6 C-46 | A-7/7 B-10/6 C-9/6 | A-13.8 B-14.4 C-15.9 | Dormeir compact delta S | – | Standard | Semirigid | 2 | X-ray KUB CT KUB | A-7.8% B-6.8% C-12.6% | NCCT KUB |
Karami 2013 Iran | A-PNL (40) B-LUL (40) | A-39.4 B-35.2 | A-28/12 B-24/16 | A-14.2 B-13.5 | NA | 28–30 | Standard | Rigid | 6 | USG KUB IVP | – | IVP |
Lee 2006 China | A-SWL(22) B-URS (20) | A-54.2 ± 16.7 B-48.5 ± 13.3 | A-19/3 B-16/4 | A-17.9 ± 3.9 B-18.5 ± 2.9 | Siemen AG Lithostar 2 Lithotripter | – | NA | NA | NA | X-ray KUB USG KUB IVP | – | IVP |
Sun 2008 China | A-PNL(44) B-URS (47) | A-40.4 ± 8.4 B-39.6 ± 7.3 | A-30/14 B-31/16 | A-14.7 ± 2 B-14.6 ± 1.8 | NA | 14–16 | Mini-PNL | Rigid | NA | X-ray KUB USG KUB | All | IVP |
Wang 2017 China | A-URS (50) B-PNL(50) C-LUL(50) | A-42 ± 14 B-41 ± 15 C-44 ± 11 | A-28/22 B-31/19 C-29/21 | A-16.8 ± 2.1 B-19.3 ± 1.8 C-18.8 ± 1.4 | NA | 18 | Mini-PNL | Rigid | 12 | X-ray KUB | All | Xray KUB |
Gu 2012 China | A-PNL(30 B-URS (29) | A-42.5 ± 10.1 B-44.22 ± 13 | A-1:0.81 B-1:0.64 | A-17.3 B-16.2 | NA | A-12–18 B-8.5/9.8 | Mini-PNL | Semirigid | 3 | X-ray KUB USG KUB | All | Xray KUB/USG/NCCT |
Yang 2012 China | A-PNL (91) B-URS (91) | A-45.2 ± 14.7 B-46.4 ± 15.1 | A-53/38 B-54/37 | A-17.9 B-15.8 | NA | A-16 B-8/9.8 | Mini-PNL | Rigid | 12 | X-ray KUB USG KUB | All | IVP |
Ozturk 2013 Turkey | A-SWL (52) B- LUL (51) C- URS (48) | A-40.7 B-40.0 C-41.1 | A-33/19 B-21/30 C-30/18 | A-13.2 ± 2.04 B-13.3 ± 2.06 C-13.2 ± 2.01 | Electrohydraulic extracorporeal Lithotripter (Multimed Classic) | – | – | Flexible | 3 | X-ray KUB USG KUB | – | – |
Basiri 2008 Iran | A- URS (50) B- LUL (50) C- PNL (50) | A-39 ± 15 B-44 ± 13 C-48 ± 13 | A-33/17 B-36/14 C-32/18 | A-17.8 \(\pm\) 2.4 A-22.4 \(\pm\) 3.2 C-20.3 \(\pm\) 3.3 | – | – | Standard | Semirigid | 3 | X-ray KUB USG KUB | A-24 B-27 C-25 | IVP |
Fang 2012 China | A-URS (25) B—LUL(25) | A -36.9 ± 11.8 B-34.4 ± 9.8 | A-15/10 B-14/11 | A-15 ± 4 B-16 ± 3 | – | – | – | Rigid | X-ray KUB | – | NCCT KUB | |
Shao 2015 China | A –URS (139) B-LUL (136) | A-41 B-40 | A-90/49 B-92/44 | A-13.6 \(\pm\) 1.4 B-13.8 \(\pm\) 1.9 | – | – | – | Semirigid | A-20 B-20.5 | NA | All | IVP/CT Urogram |
Kumar 2015 India | A- LUL(50) B- URS (50) | A-36.7 ± 2.4 B-35.6 ± 2.1 | A-24/26 B-26/24 | A- 23 ± 2 B -22 ± 1 | – | – | – | Semirigid | 3 | CT KUB | – | NCCT KUB |
Kadyan 2016 India | A-URS (60) B-LUL (62) | A-44.3 \(\pm 3.2\) B-42.1 \(\pm 2.7\) | A-38/22 B-37/25 | A-16.8 \(\pm\) 1.5 B-17.2 \(\pm\) 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | Semirigid | 0.75 | X-ray KUB USG KUB | – | – |
