Is There a Role for Tamsulosin in the Treatment of Distal Ureteral Stones of 7 mm or Less? Results of a Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Hermanns, Thomas ^a   Sauermann, Peter ^a   Rufibach, Kaspar ^b   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Sulser, Tullio ^a   Strebel, Räto T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adrenergic alpha antagonists; Drug therapy; Tamsulosin; Ureter; Ureteral calculi

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE;

EID: 67651017915     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.03.076     Document Type: Article

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