Do ureteric stent extraction strings affect stent-related quality of life or complications after ureteroscopy for urolithiasis: A prospective randomised control trial

BJU International

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-609

  Barnes, Kerri T ^a   Bing, Megan T ^a   Tracy, Chad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

nephrolithiasis; ureteric stent; Ureteric Stent Symptom Questionnaire (USSQ); ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STENT; URETERIC STENT EXTRACTION STRING; URETERIC STENT SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STENTS; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896366091     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12541     Document Type: Article

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