Table 2 Distribution of the stone side and location according to different procedures
From: Comparative study between radiation exposure in common urological procedures
Procedure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ESWL | URS | PCNL | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Side | ||||||
Left side | 25 | 75.8 | 21 | 63.6 | 13 | 39.4 |
Right side | 8 | 24.2 | 12 | 36.4 | 20 | 60.6 |
Stone location | ||||||
Lower ureter | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 69.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mid-ureter | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Upper ureter | 5 | 15.2 | 6 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Renal pelvis | 25 | 75.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 78.8 |
Calyceal | 3 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 21.2 |