Gücük, AdnanÖztürk, UfukÜyetürk, UğurKemahlı, ErayAkın, Güvenİmamoğlu, M.AbdurrahimMetin, Ahmet2021-06-232021-06-2320131687-6369https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/978180https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/4875The aim of this study was to assess the effect of simple renal cysts on extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in patients with calyceal renal calculi. Patients with simple renal cysts >35 mm and ipsilateral renal calculi <20 mm that were treated with SWL constituted group 1 (cyst + calculi). The control group included patients aged >40 years that had renal calculi <20 mm and no cysts that were treated with SWL. The 2 groups were compared according to age, gender, body mass index, calculi size, localization, and density, the calculi fragmentation rate, and the percentage of stone-free patients. Mean cyst size in group 1 was 44.04 ± 9.08 mm. Mean age in group 1 was 61.4 ± 10.2 years versus 56.9 ± 8.2 years in the control group; the difference was significant (P = 0.045). There were not any other significant differences between the 2 groups, except for the stone-free rate (P > 0.05), which was 33.3% in group 1 and 68.2% in the control group (P = 0.017). The presence of renal cysts in a patient with calculi requires that an individualized treatment plan be devised, so as to provide the patient with the most effective treatment. © 2013 Adnan Gücük et al.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRenal CystsArticle10.1155/2013/9781802-s2.0-84879360063Q2WOS:000214701100030N/A