Postoperative Renal Outcomes of Patients Receiving Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy versus Pyelolithotomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 2

Outcome characteristics of patients receiving pyelolithotomy or PCNL.

	pyelolithotomy	PCNL	value
	()	()
	Mean (SD)/ (%)	Mean (SD)/ (%)
Hospital stay (days)	12.59 (61.68)	8.31(30.20)	0.0006
Bacteremia	80 (3.14)	576 (2.66)	0.1594
Pneumonia	16 (0.63)	144 (0.67)	0.8260
Postoperative bleeding	22 (0.86)	142 (0.66)	0.2275

Continuous variables were described as the mean ± standard deviation (SD), and the categorical variable as number of event (/%); value < 0.05; PCNL: percutaneous nephrolithotomy.