Clinical Study
Can Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-6 Be Used as Prognostic Markers of Infection following Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy?
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 30 patients with ureter lithiasis treated with Holmium Laser lithotripsy and 10 health donors of control group.
| | | Patients with stones | Control group |
| | Mean age (years) (range) | 47 (26–68) | 51,05 (31–72) | | Gender ♀/♂ | 19/11 | 6/4 | | Stone size (cm) | Mean stone size | | | 0–0,6 | 3 (10%) | — | | 0,6–1.00 | 15 (15%) | — | | >1.01 | 12 (12%) | — | | Stone location | | | | Proximal ureter | 4 (13.3%) | — | | Midureter | 13 (43.3%) | — | | Distal ureter | 13 (43.3%) | — |
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