Comparison of standard JJ stents to magnetic JJ stents with regard to stent placement and removal discomfort and cost analysis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Not ApplicablePost ureteroscopy renal drainage with a DJ stent
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11897665
- Lead Sponsor
- Mercy University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
All patients who had a short term (<6 weeks) JJ stent placed, either magnetic or conventional
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients aged under 18 years
2. Pregnant women
3. Sheltered patients
4. Patients taking alpha-blockers or anticholinergics
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Quality of life assessed using ureteral symptom questionnaire (USSQ) immediately prior to JJ stent removal<br> 2. Stent removal pain assessed using a visual analogue scale (VAS) after JJ stent removal<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cost of each type of stent, including removal, measured using Total Resource Use Index after data collection is complete