Comparative Study between Supine Position and Prone Position in PCNL

Introduction: For many years, the prone position has been standard for PCNL, whereas supine only recently gained popularity. The research on surgical outcomes is still lacking. Objective: To compare of versus PCNL. Methods: In this prospective study, 60 patients were enrolled who underwent Among them 30 had PCNL in and position. Patient’s body mass index (BMI), stone size, operative time, free rate, length stay hospital, postoperative complications all recorded. SPSS ver. 12.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used to analyze data, which included Chi- Square t-tests. A p-value 0.05 or less considered statistically significant. Results: There no significant differences gender, age, index, location, comorbidity between two groups study. Operative time significantly shorter group (74.67 ± 11.94 min) than that (90.33 8.70 min). Hospital longer (3.10 0.61 (2.30 0.47 Stone rate slightly higher but difference not Need blood transfusion little post-operative complication Conclusion: Supine are equally effective achieving high rate. However, demonstrated hospital compared Bangladesh J. Urol. 2021; 24(2): 200-204