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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients differentiated according to the initial line of treatment into two groups

From: Experience of a tertiary-level urology center in the clinical urological events of rare and very rare incidence. IV. Urological surprises: 2. Clinically visible giant hydronephrosis in adults: Is there a significant function?

Characteristics

Group 1 (n = 21, treated initially by PCN)

Group 2 (n = 26, treated initially by nephrectomy)

Age range (Mean ± SD)/years

22–72 (50.43 ± 13.71)

21–83 (42.96 ± 15.16)

Gender

 Male

18 (85.7%)

21 (80.8%)

 Female

3 (14.3%)

5 (19.2%)

Job

 Farmer

15 (71.4%)

16 (61.5%)

 Others

6 (28.6%)

10 (38.5%)

Residence

 Local governorate

14 (66.7%)

18 (69.2%)

 Distant governorate

7 (33.3%)

8 (30.8%)

Education levela

 High

1 (4.8%)

None

 Middle

3 (14.3%)

4 (15.4%)

 Low

17 (80.9%)

22 (84.6%)

Anatomical side

 Right

9 (42.9%)

14 (53.8%)

 Left

8 (38.1%)

12 (46.2%)

 Bilateral

4 (19%)

None

Clinical presentation

 Abdominal distention

8 (38.1%)

13 (50%)

 Abdominal pain

2 (9.5%)

13 (50%)

 Fever

5 (23.8%)

None

 Uremic symptoms

6 (28.6%)

None

 History of known previous urolithiasis

10 (47.6%)

11 (42.3%)

Underlying etiology

 Urolithiasis

13 (61.9%)

19 (73.1%)

 Bilharzial stricture

6 (28.6%)

5 (19.2%)

 Congenital PUJO

2 (9.5%)

2 (7.7%)

 Serum creatinine range (Mean ± SD)

0.8–12.3 (3.13 ± 3.13)

0.56–1.4 (0.94 ± 0.21)

Imaging

 MSCT

8 (38.1%)

16 (61.5%)

 IVU

2 (9.5%)

10 (38.5%)

 RI

None

5 (19.2%)

 Only basic imagingb

11 (52.4%)

None

 Parenchymal thickness (mm)

0–4

0

  1. aEducation level is classified as high for education to college level or higher, middle for secondary school level, and low for education below the secondary school level
  2. bBasic imaging included abdominal ultrasonography and radiography
  3. IVU intravenous urography, MSCT multi-slice computed tomography, PCN percutaneous nephrostomy, PUJO pelvi-ureteral junction obstruction, RI radio-isotope scanning, SD standard deviation