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Table 2 Surgical outcome in patients with multiple tracts and single tract

From: Complex multiple renal calculi: stone distribution, pelvicalyceal anatomy and site of puncture as predictors of PCNL outcome

 

Multiple tract

Single tract

p value

Mean operative time (min)

69.46

51.68

<.00001

Mean hemoglobin fall (gm/dl)

1.75

1.67

.803

Mean creatinine rise (mg/dl)

.20

.18

.8235

Mean analgesic dose

4.8

3.53

<.00001

Mean hospital stay in days

3.11

3.08

.564

Blood transfusion requirement

4

3

.155

Postoperative fever

3

4

.55