Effect of Perioperative Selective alpha1-blockers in Non-stented Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy for Ureteric Stones: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To assess the efficacy of peri-operative alpha1 blockers on improving the success rate and decreasing complications of non-stented ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy for ureteric stones.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Tamsulosin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with single lower ureteric stones of size range between 0.5 and 2 cm

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients under the age of 18, pregnant women, or those with urinary tract infections, uncorrected bleeding disorders or coagulopathies, bilateral ureteric stones, single kidney, ureteral stricture, multiple ipsilateral ureteric stones were excluded from our study. Also, any patients who required ureteric stenting were excluded from our study.