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Table 1 – Summary of results of intergroup (shock wave lithotripsy [SWL] vs ureteroscopy [URS]) comparative studies
Study ID Treatment Comparator Outcome No. of
patients
Value, % (n) p value
Treat Com Treat Com
Manzoor 2013 SWL URS SFR 1 wk
12 mm
>12 mm
192 192 49.2 (94)
44.6 (88)
52 (99)
57.8 (111)
46.1 (89)
66.7 (128)
0.088
0.88
0.019
RTR 40 (77) 11 (21) NR
SP 22 (42) 18 (35) NR
Zhang 2011 SWL URS SFR 2 wk 86 69 89.5 (77) 81.2 (56) 0.138
DHS, mean d 5.5 7.8 <0.001
Post-op visits 1.07 1.09 0.809
CA (total charge $) 460 1395 1.09
Kumar 2010 SWL URS SFR 90 90 82.2(74) 86.6 (78) 0.34
SFR <10 mm 51 51 84.3(43) 86.3 (44) 0.32
SFR 10–20 mm 39 39 79.5(31) 89.7 (35) 0.12
CR 90 90 6.6 (6) 11.1 (10) 0.21
RTR 61.1 (55) 1.1 (1) 0.001
SP 21.1 (19) 17.7 (16) 0.45
Salem 2009 SWL URS SFR 100 100 71 (71) 96 (96) > 0.05
SFR <1 cm 58 52 80 (46) 100 (52) > 0.05
SFR 1 cm 52 48 60 (25) 88 (44) > 0.05
CG 1 100 100 23 (23) 10 (10) NR
CG 2 2 (2) N/A NR
CG 3 29 (29) 17 (17) NR
HER 3 (3) 2 (2) NR
DP, mean min (range) 60.55 (40–75) 34.3 (22–66) NR
RT 22 (22) 0 (0) NR
AP 0 (0) 13 (13) NR
SP 7 (7) 4 (4) NR
EDV 20 (20) 5 (5) NR
Lee 2006 SWL URS SFR 22 20 63.6 (14) 35 (7) NR
SFR 1 session 31.8 (7) N/A NR
SFR 2 sessions 22.7 (5) N/A NR
SFR 3 sessions 4.5 (1) N/A NR
SFR 4 sessions 4.5 (1) N/A NR
CG 1 0 (0) 15 (3) NR
CG 2 9 (2) 35 (7) NR
CG 3 0 (0) 30 (6) NR
UI 0 (0) 30 (6) NR
HER 0 (0) 5 (1) NR
DP, min SD 43.2 5.0 109.0 50.0 <0.0001
RTR 31.8 (7) 0 (0) NR
AP 0 (0) 55 (11) NR
SP 22.7 (5) 40 (8) NR
Pain (VAS score), mean SD 1.86 0.94 4.35 2.45 <0.0001
DHS, mean days SD 1.8 0.4 4.7 2.0 <0.0001
Bhoir 2014 SWL URS SFR Overall 55 65 74.54 (41) 89.23 (58) NR
Cui 2014 SWL URS SFR SWL 1
SFR SWL 2
SFR SWL 3
80 80 77.5 (62)
87.5 (70)
92.5 (74)
97.5 (78)
97.5 (78)
97.5 (78)
0.018
0.20
0.61
DP, mean mins SD 40.0 10.0 42.5 11.3 0.29
RTR SWL 1
RTR SWL 2
RTR SWL 3
NR
15 (12)
7.5 (6)
0(0)
0(0)
0(0)
NR
NR
NR
UI 0 (0) 0% NR
HER 20 (16) 2.5 (2) <0.05
VS 6.25 33.75 <0.05
QOL 90 83.75 >0.05
Pain, mean mg tramadol SD 0 ( 0) 80.5 ( 31.6) <0.05
Natarajan 2014 SWL URS SFR SWL 1
SFR SWL 2
SFR SWL 3
88 186 34.5 (30)
62.4 (55)
86.6 (76)
88.4 (164)
N/A
N/A
>0.05
NR
NR
Khalil 2013 SWL URS SFR SWL 1
SFR 1 mo
SFR 3 mo
37 45 56.8 (21)
67.6 (25)
78.4 (29)
80 (36)
80 (36)
82.2 (37)
<0.05
<0.05
>0.05
Mean no. of sessions SD 1.5 0.8 1.02 0.15 <0.01
CG I
CG II
CG IIIb
16.2 (6)
2.7 (1)
5.4 (2)
2.2 (1)
4.4 (2)
6.7 (3)
NR
NR
NR
E U R O P E A N U R O L O G Y 7 2 ( 2 0 1 7 ) 7 7 2 – 7 8 6 776