The use of tamsulozin as adjunctive treatment after ESWL in patients with distal ureteral stone: Do we really need it? Results from a randomised study

Urological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 231-235

  Gravas, S ^a,b   Tzortzis, V ^a   Karatzas, A ^a   Oeconomou, A ^a   Melekos, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expulsive treatment; Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Randomised; Tamsulosin; Ureteral stones

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TAMSULOSIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK WAVE; URETER STONE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 38149066043     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-007-0106-4     Document Type: Article

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