Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery Versus Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorSindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
About this trial
The study's aim is to determine which treatment modality, either ESWL or RIRS, is more effective in achieving stone clearance for lower calyceal calculi.
Investigators hypothesize that retrograde intrarenal surgery is better as compared to extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. It will target those patients suffering from kidney stones in lower calyces with sizes up to 1.5 cm in an open-label, randomized controlled trial.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Those patients will be included with lower calyceal renal stones and size up to 1.5 cm.
Patients' ages will be between 18 and 60 years.
Both genders will be included.
Disqualifiers
Untreated Urine culture positive will be excluded
Patients using anticoagulants and females with pregnancies and those lactating will be excluded.
Anatomical abnormalities like horseshoe kidney, duplex system, pelvic kidney, malrotated kidney, calyceal diverticulum, steep infundibulopelvic angle, infundibular stenosis, long infundibular length/narrow infundibular width, pelvic ureteric junction obstruction, ureterocele, and ureteral stricture will be excluded.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Retrograde intrarenal surgery
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
Treatment groups
66 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov