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Ureteral Calculi Summary

473 relevant articles (53 outcomes, 26 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Stones in the URETER that are formed in the KIDNEY. They are rarely more than 5 mm in diameter for larger renal stones cannot enter ureters. They are often lodged at the ureteral narrowing and can cause excruciating renal colic.

Also Known As: Ureteral Calculus; Calculi, Ureteral; Calculus, Ureteral

Key Drugs and Agents for Ureteral Calculi

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. tamsulosin (Flomax) : 3 outcomes 1 study in 9 results : FDA 5
  2. Radio-Opaque (Boston Post) : 2 outcomes in 10 results : IBA
  3. Holmium : 1 outcome 1 study in 7 results : IBA
  4. Nifedipine (Adalat) : 1 outcome 1 study in 2 results : FDA 22 Generic
  5. Phloroglucinol : 1 outcome 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  6. Yttrium : 1 outcome in 1 result : IBA
  7. Streptomycin (Streptomycin Sulfate) : 1 outcome in 1 result : FDA 7
  8. Lidocaine (Xylocaine) : 1 study in 3 results : FDA 160 Generic
  9. alfuzosin (UroXatral) : 1 study in 1 result : FDA 1
  10. Glucagon (Glukagon) : 6 results : FDA 4
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Diseases Related to Ureteral Calculi

  1. Shock
  2. Calculi (Calculus)
  3. Hydronephrosis
  4. Colic (Abdominal Cramps)
  5. Meningeal Tuberculosis (Tuberculous Meningitis)
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Key Therapies for Ureteral Calculi

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  1. Lithotripsy (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy) : 40 outcomes 17 studies in 284 results
  2. Solid-State Lasers : 7 outcomes 5 studies in 35 results
  3. Dye Lasers : 4 outcomes 2 studies in 22 results
  4. Laser Lithotripsy : 3 outcomes 1 study in 20 results
  5. Ureteroscopes : 1 outcome 1 study in 35 results
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