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The clinical data of the patients in the two groups were retrospectively searched. Stone removal rate, operation time, blood loss, postoperative pain score, postoperative inflammatory factor, postoperative complication rates and ureteral obstruction three months after the operation were compared between the two groups.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 104 patients were included in the study. The stone clearance rate and the secondary surgery rate were 88.89% and 7.41% in the FURSL group, the figures were 97.96% and 2.0% in the PCNL group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.067, 0.497). Regarding ureteral obstruction three months after the operation, there were 2 patients in FURSL group and 0 patients in PCNL group(<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.497).Compared to patients in FURSL group, patients in the PCNL group had shorter operation time(PCNL 71.81\u2009\u00b1\u200918.94\u00a0min vs. FURSL 86.80\u2009\u00b1\u200922.49\u00a0min, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0004), fewer complications(PCNL 20.37% vs. FURSL 6.12%), and lower postoperative inflammatory factor(<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0004), yet they got more hemoglobin drop (PCNL 13.14\u2009\u00b1\u20099.81\u00a0g\/L vs. FURSL 4.77\u2009\u00b1\u20093.55\u00a0g\/L, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), higher postoperative pain scores(<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0017) in the first three postoperative days and longer hospital stay (PCNL 4.96\u2009\u00b1\u20091.21 days vs. FURSL 3.60\u2009\u00b1\u20090.83 days).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Both FURSL and PCNL were effective methods for treating upper ureteral stones of 1.5\u20132.0\u00a0cm in diameter given the extremely high stone clearance rate and a very low secondary surgery rate, as long as rare ureteral obstruction in medium-long term observation. Additionally, FURSL can effectively reduce surgical bleeding, postoperative pain, and hospital stay, while PCNL can decrease operation time, the risk of infection, and complications. 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