We enrolled 60 patients with renal stones, who underwent treatment from April 2018 to December 2018 at our hospital. Only patients (i) between 18 and 75 years of age and stable for surgery, (ii) with renal stones measuring between 1.5 and 2.5 cm, (iii) and willingly consenting for this study were included.
Sixty patients who met the above criteria were first randomly divided into 2 equal groups (study and control groups; n = 30 each). The study group underwent a combination of Soton ureteroscopy and flexible ureteroscopy (Olympus), whereas the control group underwent flexible ureteroscopy alone (Olympus).
The study was approved by both the ethics committee and the review board of our hospital. All procedures involving human participants were performed according to the institutional and or national research committee’s ethical standards.
Sixty patients who met the above criteria were first randomly divided into 2 equal groups (study and control groups; n = 30 each). The study group underwent a combination of Soton ureteroscopy and flexible ureteroscopy (Olympus), whereas the control group underwent flexible ureteroscopy alone (Olympus).
The study was approved by both the ethics committee and the review board of our hospital. All procedures involving human participants were performed according to the institutional and or national research committee’s ethical standards.