Tamsulosin Facilitates Earlier Clearance of Stone Fragments and Reduces Pain After Shockwave Lithotripsy for Renal Calculi: Results From an Open-Label Randomized Study

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1006-1011

  Naja, Vineet ^a   Agarwal, Mayank Mohan ^a   Mandal, Arup K ^a   Singh, Shrawan K ^a   Mavuduru, Ravimohan ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^a   Acharya, Naveen C ^a   Gupta, Nitin ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NOSE CONGESTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54449087051     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.05.035     Document Type: Article

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