A Novel Drug Eluting Ureteral Stent: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of a Ketorolac Loaded Ureteral Stent

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1037-1043

  Krambeck, Amy E ^a   Walsh, Robert S ^b   Denstedt, John D ^c   Preminger, Glenn M ^d   Li, Jamie ^b   Evans, John C ^b   Lingeman, James E ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endoscopy; ketorolac; pain measurement; stents; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOROLAC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75849151991     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.11.035     Document Type: Article

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