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Can Shear Wave Elastography Predict the Success of ESWL: a Prospective Study

Completed
Conditions
Kidney Stone
Interventions
Procedure: elastography
Registration Number
NCT05995652
Lead Sponsor
Abdelrahim Elsherbiny
Brief Summary

Can Shear Wave Elastography predict the success of Shock-Wave Lithotripsy used in renal stones treatment ? A prospective study

Detailed Description

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the noninvasive treatment method that is recommended as the first choice in the treatment of small and medium sized renal stones and proximal ureteral stones.

This study is a trial to determine the predictive role of shear wave elastography in the success of ESWL management of kidney stones.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients more than 18 years
  • With single radiopaque renal stone
  • Ranging in size from (1-1,5 cm) for ESWL.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any urological abnormal anatomy
  • Lower calyceal stone more than 1cm
  • Impaired renal functions
  • Uncorrected coagulopathy.
  • Active UTI Pregnancy Single kidney Multiple stones

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ESWL sucess and failed gpselastographypost ESWL 50 pt large gp will be devided into sucess gp and failed gp
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
stone free rate1 month

post ESWL

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University

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Cairo, Egypt

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