Abstract:Abstract: Objective To investigate the influence of URL, RLU, PCNL and FURL on stone clearance, surgical-related clinical parameters and postoperative complications of patients with upper ureteral calculi for diameter >1 cm. Methods 160 patients with upper ureteral calculi for diameter >1 cm were chosen from September 2015 to March 2018 and randomly divided into 4 groups including A group (40 patients) with URL, B group (40 patients) with RLU, C group (40 patients) with PCNL and D group (40 patients) with FURL; Comparison of stone clearance rate at day 3 and at 1 month after operation, operation time, treatment cost, postoperative recovery time of gastrointestinal peristalsis, postoperative hospitalization time, the levels of Hb reduction, postoperative ESWL requirement rate and postoperative complications incidence of 4 groups were compared. Results The stone clearance effects of B group, C group and D group were significantly better than A group (P < 0.05). The operation time, treatment cost, postoperative recovery time of gastrointestinal peristalsis, postoperative hospitalization time and the levels of Hb reduction of A group were significantly less than B group, C group and D group (P < 0.05). The treatment cost of D group were significantly more than A group, B group and C group (P < 0.05). The levels of Hb reduction of C group were significantly higher than A group, B group and MPCNL group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the postoperative ESWL requirement rate and postoperative complications incidence among 4 groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion URL in the treatment of patients with upper ureteral calculi for diameter >1 cm can efficiently shorten the operation time, decrease the treatment costs, speed up the recovery process and be helpful to reduce the iatrogenic trauma degree, but possess the wore stone removal effects; FURL have the higher operation difficulty and treatment expense; PCNL possess satisfactory stone removal effect but combined with the higher iatrogenic trauma degree; and RLU also possess the problem of high operation difficulty which can be used to remedy scheme for failure after FURL or PCNL.