Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes of Supine versus Prone Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Roi Babaoff,
Gherman Creiderman,
Abd Elhalim Darawsha
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To compare the perioperative outcomes of supine and prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Methods: A retrospective search of a tertiary medical center database yielded 517 patients who underwent supine (n = 91) or prone (n = 426) PCNL between September 2015 and July 2020. Data on demographics, baseline clinical parameters, and stone burden were included as predictors in a logistic regression model, generating a set of propensity scores. Seventy patients after supine PCNL were propensity score-m… Show more
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