Trial reportBioMed research international2017
Ultrasonography Is Not Inferior to Fluoroscopy to Guide Extracorporeal Shock Waves during Treatment of Renal and Upper Ureteric Calculi: A Randomized Prospective Study.
Trial report in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The comparison of totally ultrasound-guided versus fluoroscopy-guided shockwave lithotripsy in renal stone treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.F1000Research · 2025Pooled it
- Radiation exposure of patients during endourological procedures.World journal of urology · 2024Pooled it
- Virtual reality for pain control during shock wave lithotripsy: a randomized controlled study.World journal of urology · 2023Trial
- Comparison of 2 different fluoroscopy activation intervals in shock wave lithotripsy: a prospective randomized study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2025Article
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- Application of ultrasound imaging in the treatment of urinary tract stones.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2023Review
- Modified shockwave propulsion lithotripsy improves the lower pole renal stone clearance.Urolithiasis · 2022Article
- Effect of targeting and generator type on efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2022Article
- The Role of Radiological Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urolithiasis: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Prediction of successful caudal epidural injection using color Doppler ultrasonography in the paramedian sagittal oblique view of the lumbosacral spine.The Korean journal of pain · 2021Article
- Comparison of ultrasound-assisted and pure fluoroscopy-guided extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for renal stones.BMC urology · 2020Article
- Optimisation of shock wave lithotripsy: a systematic review of technical aspects to improve outcomes.Translational andrology and urology · 2019Review
- Indications and contraindications for shock wave lithotripsy and how to improve outcomes.Asian journal of urology · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate whether the visualization modality (ultrasound or fluoroscopy) used during shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) affects the clinical outcome in those instances where both imaging modalities are optional.
methodsBetween November 2014 and July 2016, 114 patients with radiopaque upper urinary tract calculi were randomly assigned to an ultrasound- or fluoroscopy-guided SWL group in a prospective, open-label, single-center study. A standardized SWL protocol was used. The stone-free rate and the positive outcome rate (stone-free or asymptomatic residual fragments ≤ 4 mm) were compared.
resultsThe stone-free rate was 52% in the ultrasound-guided group compared to 42% in the fluoroscopy-guided group (
conclusionOur study demonstrated that the clinical results of ultrasound-guided SWL were not inferior to the results of fluoroscopy-guided SWL, while no ionizing radiation is needed.
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