Material and Methods:
The files of 182 patients who underwent single-access PCNL for staghorn
renal stones between 2012 and 2017 were retrospectively analyzed.The
patients were divided into two groups according to their age: those aged
<65 years were defined as Group-1 and those aged ≥65 years as
Group-2.The demographic characteristics and perioperative and
postoperative results of the patients were compared between the two
groups.Postoperative detection of stones>4 mm was defined
as residual stones.Complications were classified according to the
Clavien scoring system.