α-Blockers to assist stone clearance after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: A meta-analysis

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-261

  Zhu, Yefang ^a   Duijvesz, Diederick ^c   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Lock, Tycho M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adrenergic antagonists; lithotripsy; meta analysis; urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; TAMSULOSIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 77953828881     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.09014.x     Document Type: Article

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