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The possible factors that might affect the outcome were age, gender, stone laterality, largest stone size, number of stones, stone location, orifice dilatation status, and caliber of ureteroscope.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mean age was 68.1 (7\u2013204) months, and male-to-female ratio was 94:88. Operative side was left for 97, right for 82, and bilateral for 3 patients. One hundred and forty-four patients had a single stone, and 38 patients had multiple stones. The median largest stone size was 7 (2\u201320) mm. Postoperative ureteral stenting was performed in 150 (86.2%) patients. The overall success rate was 84.6%, while 81.6% and 85.4% in 8F URS and 4.5F URS groups, respectively (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.560). Stone-free rate was higher among patients who were older than 36 months, distal ureteral stones and single stones (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.012, 0.002, and 0.009, respectively). Complication rate was higher for proximally located stones (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.029). The mean follow-up was 23.9\u2009\u00b1\u200932.5 months.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>URS is a safe procedure with acceptable success rates in the pediatric population. Younger age, multiple stones, and proximal location are the predisposing factors for failure, whereas proximal location was the only factor for complication occurrence. 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