Results:
Of the patients with staghorn renal stones,139 were in Group-1 and 43
were in Group-2. The mean age of the patients was 43.9±10.6 years for
Group-1 and 67.8±2.1 years for Group-2(p=0.001).The mean stone size in
Group-1 and Group-2 was 899±292 and 1,008±208 mm2,
respectively(p=0.736).
When we evaluated the postoperative results, we observed that the amount
of hemoglobin drop was statistically significantly higher in
Group-1(p=0.001). However, the need for blood transfusion was higher in
Group-2 than in Group-1(18.6% and 7.2%, respectively). The stone-free
rate was 54.7% in Group-1 and 67.4% in Group-2(p=0.139). According to
the evaluation of the overall complication rates,34.5% of the patients
in Group-1 and 46.5% of those in Group-2 developed
complications(p=0.206).
When we examined the subgroups of complications according to the Clavien
scoring system, the rate of minor complications was found to be 22.3%
in Group-1 and 41.9% in Group-2,and the difference was statistically
significant(p=0.012). The major complication rates were determined as
4.7% and 12.2% for Group-1 and Group-2,respectively(p=0.155). The
number of patients with Clavien grade-2 complications was statistically
higher in the elderly patient group(p=0.019).