Is There an Adjunctive Role of Tamsulosin to Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy for Upper Ureteric Stones: Results of an Open Label Randomized Nonplacebo Controlled Study

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 989-992

  Agarwal, Mayank Mohan ^a   Naja, Vineet ^a   Singh, Shrawan K ^a   Mavuduru, Ravimohan ^a   Mete, Uttam K ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^a   Mandal, Arup K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER URETER STONE; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 70350482715     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.075     Document Type: Article

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