VARIABLE

MALE, 99 (56.57%)

N˚ (%)

FEMALE, 76 (43.43%)

N˚ (%)

TOTAL, 175

N˚ (%)

Mean age (SD)

41.59 (12.99)

40.12 (11.86)

40.95 (12.50)

Initial presentation

Colic only

Colic + haematuria

Colic + sepsis

Colic + LUTS

84 (84.85)

13 (13.13)

1 (1.01)

1 (1.01)

61 (80.26)

7 (9.21)

5 (6.58)

3 (3.95)

145 (82.86)

20 (11.43)

6 (3.43)

4 (2.29)

Median size of stone (range), mm

12 (5 - 26)

10.5 (5 - 24)

12 (5 - 26)

Localization of stone

upper ureter (pyeloureteric junction)

lumbar ureter,

iliac ureter,

pelvic ureter,

vesico-ureteric orifice

10 (10.10)

39 (39.39)

11 (11.11)

27 (27.27)

12 (12.12)

5 (6.58)

25 (32.89)

9 (11.84)

16 (21.05)

21 (27.63)

15 (8.57)

64 (36.57)

20 (11.43)

43 (24.57)

33 (18.86)

Laterality of the affected ureter

Right

Left

52 (52.53)

47 (47.47)

33 (43.42)

43 (56.58)

85 (48.57)

90 (51.43)

Culprit germs causing UTI pre-op

Pseudomonas

Klebsiela

E. coli

Proteus sp

0

0

1 (1.01)

0

1 (1.32)

1 (1.32))

2 (2.63)

1 ( (1.32)

1 (0.57)

1 (0.57)

3 (1.71)

1 (0.57

Number of clients with double J stent pre-op

1 (1.01)

5 (6.58)

6 (3.43)

Number of clients with double J stent post-op

80 (80.81)

52 (68.42)

132 (75.43)

Calculi fragmentation method

Laser lithotripsy

Pneumatic lithotripsy

No fragmentation

73 (73.74)

20 (20.20)

6 (6.06)

59 (77.63)

12 (15.79)

5 (6.58)

132 (75.43)

32 (18.29)

11 (6.29)

Outcome of URS

success

failure

93 (93.94)

6 (6.06)

71 (93.42)

5 (6.58)

164 (93.71)

11 (6.29)

Reason’s for URS failure

Migration of the stone

Narrow ureters

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

4 (36.36)

7 (63.64)

Post-URS complication n (%)

No complication

Septic shock

Fever

Ureteral perforation

97 (97.98)

1 (1.01)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.01)

72 (94.74)

1 (1.32)

2 (2.64)

1 (1.32)

169 (96.57)

2 (1.14)

2 (1.14)

2 (1.14)