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A Single Center study To Assess Outcomes And Complications Of Conventional Stent (tube placed between kidney and bladder) Placement Versus No Stent Placement After Ureteroscopy ( procedure to break stones in the ureter) For lower ureteric stone Of Size Less Than 1 cms.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: N201- Calculus of ureter
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/09/027530
Lead Sponsor
Department of Urology Kasturba Medical College
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Study group:

Patients of age >18 years attending Urology Department with Distal ureteric calculus of size less than 1 cms undergoing URS WITHOUT STENTING.

Control Group: Patients of age >18 years attending Urology Department with Distal ureteric calculus of size less than 1 cms undergoing URS WITH STENTING.

Exclusion Criteria

Children and Pregnant women.

Patients with systemic signs of infection (sepsis)

Patients with a solitary kidney.

Patients undergoing bilateral procedures.

Patients with anatomical abnormalities (horseshoe kidney, pelvic kidney, etc.), and transplant patients.

Procedures complicated by perforation of the ureter or gross bleeding.

Patients who had a pre-existing ureteral stent at the time of ureteroscopy.

Patients in whom stone fragments are not completely retrieved during primary URSL.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To Compare the Outcomes and Complications in Patients who undergo Stent Placement versus No Stent Placement following Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy for Distal Ureteric Calculus. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 Month <br/ ><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To Study the Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms In Patients Undergoing Stent Placement and No Stent Placement Post Procedure <br/ ><br>To Assess the Rate of Emergency Admissions in Patients Undergoing Stent Placement and No Stent Placement Post Procedure <br/ ><br>To assess the presence of Sexual Dysfunction in patients undergoing Stent Placement and No Stent Placement Post Procedure . <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 Month
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