... demographic information, operative times, post-operative complications, and follow-up assessments. Results: Our findings revealed the effectiveness of single session povidone-iodine sclerotherapy with a high success rate of 95% and comparable to laparoscopic deroofing (98.3%); however, the patients who...

... cystectomy (RC). We hypothesized that the complication rate increases with longer operative time. Methods: We analyzed the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database 2011–2017 to identify all patients who underwent RC. Clinicodemographic characteristics, operative time, and perioperative...

... to the desired size. Hemoglobin reduction, operative time, stone-free rate, complications, etc., were all recorded and assessed. Results: The demographic data were similar, and there were no significantly intergroup differences in stone-free rate, complications, and hospital stay time. The hemoglobin reduction...

... in terms of operation time existed between obese and normal-weight individuals (95% CI -3.36 to 1.17, p = 0.34). However, the operation time was longer among super-obese individuals than among normal-weight individuals (95% CI -22.64 to -1.40, p = 0.03), and the length of hospital stay was shorter among...