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Immediate shockwave-lithotripsy versus delayed shockwave-lithotripsy after urgent ureteral stenting in patients with ureteral or pyeloureteral urolithiasis: A matched-pair analysis
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The most common cause of acute renal colic is a ureteral obstruction caused by ureterolithiasis. Urgent intervention is often necessary due to intractable pain. Early extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) as an alternative treatment option to ureteral stenting becomes forgotten in times of rising Ureterorenoscopy. Definitive guidelines are lacking which urgent treatment should be preferred in absence of signs of infection. Therefore, we assessed efficacy and safety of early SWL (eSWL) to secondary SWL (sSWL) after urgent ureteral stenting.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Matched Pair Analysis
Acute Renal Colic
urogenital system
business.industry
Urology
030232 urology & nephrology
urologic and male genital diseases
digestive system diseases
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Extracorporeal
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
surgical procedures, operative
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Double j stent
medicine
Intractable pain
In patient
Ureterolithiasis
business
Shockwave lithotripsy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ed2210974b682de8088a789a0506dbe9