ArticleArab journal of urology2017
A prospective randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial to assess the effect of diuretics on shockwave lithotripsy of calculi.
Article in Arab journal of urology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05270421 (Effect of Furosemide on Outcome of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Renal and Ureteral Calculi; a Randomized, Triple-blinded, Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Furosemide on Outcome of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Renal and Ureteral Calculi; a Randomized, Triple-blinded, Controlled Trial
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- Effects of diuretic administration on outcomes of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- The effects of pretreatment oral hydration on extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy outcomes A randomized controlled trial.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2025Article
- Article
- Efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy with furosemide and hydration in renal stone management: A randomised controlled trial.Arab journal of urology · 2019Article
- Furosemide improves the stone clearance rate of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for kidney stones but not ureteral stones: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effect of diuretics with shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) on the treatment of renal and upper ureteric calculi. PATIENTS AND
methodsAdult patients with a solitary non-obstructive radio-opaque renal or upper ureteric calculus with normal renal function were included. They were prospectively randomised to receive either SWL with placebo or SWL with diuretics (40 mg parenteral furosemide) in a double-blind manner with a sample size of 48 patients in each arm. The primary outcomes were the SWL success and failure rates. The secondary outcomes were the number of shocks and sessions.
resultsComplete fragmentation was achieved in 89.6% of the patients in the furosemide arm as compared to 81.3% in the placebo arm. Clearance was achieved in 77.1% of the patients in the furosemide arm as compared to 70.8% in the placebo arm. The number of shocks and the number of sessions were higher in the placebo arm. These differences were not statistically significant.
conclusionThe use of diuretics along with SWL treatment of renal and upper ureteric calculi does not show a statistically significant improvement in fragmentation or clearance.
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