Is There a Role for Tamsulosin in Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Renal and Ureteral Calculi?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2185-2188

  Bhagat, Suresh K ^a   Chacko, Ninan K ^a   Kekre, Nitin S ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh ^a   Antonisamy, Belavendra ^a   Devasia, Antony ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

calculi; kidney; lithotripsy; tamsulosin; ureter

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROXYVON; TAMSULOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 34248205607     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.01.160     Document Type: Article

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