Tubeless Versus Standard Upper Pole Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

N/ACompletedNCT02036398

Rabin Medical Center75 enrolled

Overview

Comparison of complications between standard upper pole percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with nephrostomy placement and double J stent and PCNL with double J placement only without nephrostomy.

Measurement of complications in and comparison between two groups of patients undergoing upper pole PCNL. First group consists of patients left with nephrostomy and double J stent and the second group includes patients left with double J stent only without nephrostomy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pleural Effusion

Interventions

Double J stent without nephrostomyDEVICE

Double J stent only left at the end of the procedure without placement of a nephrostomy tube

nephrostomy tube and double J stentDEVICE

Double J stent and nephrostomy tube left at end of procedure

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing upper pole percutaneous nephrolithotomy older than 18 years of age and willing to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Patients younger than 18 years of age * Patients unwilling to participate in the study * Patients that nephrostomy tube placement was a prerequisite at the end of the procedure

Locations (1)

Urology department, Rabin Medical Center

Petach Tiqva, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of Participants with pleural effusion

Assessment and comparison of pleural effusion incidence between patients in both groups

Time frame: 30 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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