Comparing the efficacy of tamsulosin and silodosin in the medical expulsion therapy for ureteral calculi

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1672-1674

  Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Lodh, Bijit ^a   Kaku Singh, Akoijam ^a   Somarendra, Khumukcham ^a   Sholay Meitei, Kangjam ^a   Rajendra Singh, Sinam ^a  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Expulsion rate; Expulsion time

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; SILODOSIN; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STONE DISSOLUTION; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; X RAY;

EID: 84881531420     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6141.3241     Document Type: Article

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