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Table 5 Parameters correlating with mortality

From: Impact of double J stenting or nephrostomy placement during transurethral resection of bladder tumour on the incidence of metachronous upper urinary tract urothelial cancer

Parameter

Patient survived

Patient died

p-value (§ Chi-square; # Fisher’s exact)

Hydronephrosis

  

<  0.0001 §

 no

89.1% (499/560)

70.1% (54/77)

 

 yes

10.9% (61/560)

29.9% (23/77)

 

Urinary drainage of the upper urinary tract

  

< 0.0001 §

 no

83.0% (465/560)

64.9% (50/77)

 

 yes

17.0% (95/560)

35.1% (27/77)

 

Type of urinary drainage

  

0.015 §

 DJ

72.7% (64/88)

45.5% (10/22)

 

 nephrostomy

27.3% (24/88)

54.5% (12/22)

 

DJ (incl. nephrostomy)

  

n.s.

 no

88.6% (496/560)

87.0% (67/77)

 

 yes

11.4% (64/560)

13.0% (10/77)

 

DJ (excl. nephrostomy)

  

n.s.

 no

88.1% (472/536)

84.6% (55/65)

 

 yes

11.9% (64/536)

15.4% (10/65)

 

Nephrostomy (incl. DJ)

  

< 0.0001 §

 no

95.7% (536/560)

84.4% (65/77)

 

 yes

4.3% (24/560)

15.6% (12/77)

 

Nephrostomy (excl. DJ)

  

<  0.0001 §

 no

95.2% (472/496)

82.1% (55/67)

 

 yes

4.8% (24/496)

17.9% (12/67)

 

T-stage BCa at initial diagnosis

  

< 0.0001 §

 pTa

45.9% (253/551)

17.1% (13/76)

 

 pT1

28.7% (158/551)

43.4% (33/76)

 

 pT2

25.4% (140/551)

39.5% (30/76)

 

 miscellaneous

1.6% (9/560)

1.3% (1/77)

 

Grading (WHO 1973) BCa at initial diagnosis

  

< 0.0001 §

(G1 vs. G3 < 0.0001#; G1 vs. G2 0.027#; G2 vs. G3 0.005#)

 G1

20.6% (115/559)

5.3% (4/76)

 

 G2

45.6% (255/559)

36.8% (28/76)

 

 G3

33.8% (189/559)

57.9% (44/76)

 

 unknown

0.2% (1/560)

1.3% (1/77)

 

Grading (WHO 2004) BCa at initial diagnosis

  

< 0.0001 #

 low-grade

23.8% (126/530)

5.2% (4/77)

 

 high-grade

76.2% (404/530)

94.8% (73/77)

 

 unknown

5.4% (30/560)

0% (0/77)

 

UUTUC

  

n.s.

 no

95.5% (535/560)

96.1% (74/77)

 

 yes

4.5% (25/560)

3.9% (3/77)

 
  1. Data includes synchronous UUTUCs; n = 637; miscellaneous includes BCa staging >pT2, pTis and PUNLMP; “miscellaneous” and “unknown” categories were excluded from statistical analyses)
  2. BCa bladder cancer, DJ double J stent, n.s. not significant, UUTUC upper urinary tract urothelial cancer, WHO World Health Organization