Table 3 Follow-up status of UTUC patients’ characteristics in black-foot-disease (BFD) non-endemic areas
Non-endemic | Endemic | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
N = 527 | N = 667 | ||
Disease free | |||
No (NxUx) | 60 | 166 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 203 | 322 | |
No (endoscopic ablasion surgery) | 47 | 3 | |
No (Segmental resection) | 0 | 8 | |
Nonknown | 36 | 32 | |
No | 0 | 15 | |
Mortality | |||
No | 181 | 200 | < 0.001 |
UTUC related | 39 | 106 | |
non-UTUC related | 35 | 87 | |
Nonknown (Lost Follow up) | 86 | 148 | |
Surgery related | 9 | 0 | |
Lost follow-up | |||
No | 254 | 414 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 259 | 189 | |
Follow-up/month | |||
Median (month) | 20 (7–45) | 26 (9.3–52) | 0.001 |
Time from operation to death | |||
Median (month) | 17 (5.2–37.7) | 23.5 (8–43.5) | 0.147 |