To determine whether a low-dosage, digital X-ray scanning (LODOX-Statscan) can detect kidney stones in order to reduce radiation dosage
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Kidney and ureteral stones/reducing radiation dosageUrological and Genital DiseasesCalculus of kidney and ureter
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12915426
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Clinic of Urology (Urologische Universitaetsklinik) (Switzerland)
- Brief Summary
2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31165230 (added 06/06/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 41
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with kidney or ureteral stones proved by computed tomography (CT)
2. > 18 years
3. Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Persistent, analgetic resistant pain
2. Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Stone detection rate by LODOX
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Reducing radiation dosage<br> 2. Comparability of stone size measured in LODOX, CT and conventional radiography<br> 3. Fine-tuning adjustment of LODOX<br>