Tamsulosin for ureteral stones: A systematic review and meta-analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-115

  Lu, Zeping ^a   Dong, Zhilong ^a   Ding, Hui ^a   Wang, Hanzhang ^b   Ma, Baoliang ^a   Wang, Zhiping ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Randomized controlled trials; Stone expulsion; Tamsulosin; Ureteral stones; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; DICLOFENAC; DOXAZOSIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LEVOFLOXACIN; NIFEDIPINE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN;

ASTHENIA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EMBASE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84864628496     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338909     Document Type: Review

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