NCT03108053

Results of Safety Guidewire Use in Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery

Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial of Safety Guidewire Use in Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery: to Use or Not to Use

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Marmara University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Up-to-date, urology guidelines introduce safety guidewire (SGW) as an integral tool in ureteroscopy and recommended its routine use. However, the necessity of SGW placement in endourological procedures lack evidence and is being suggested as an expert opinion. Present study aimed to evaluate the use of SGW placement and its necessity in treatment of ureteral stones with semi-rigid ureteroscopy (s-URS). For this purpose patients with ureteral stones are being stratified according to ureteral stone location and prospectively randomized into two groups' according to SGW usage or not in s-URS. Ureteroscopy and litotripsy is being done with a semi-rigid ureteroscope of 6.4/7.8 Fr (Olympus) and laser. Chi-square and student t-test were used for comparing data.

Conditions

• Urinary Stone

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Semirigid Ureteroscopy (URS) With Guide Wire	Semirigid URS is the operations used for ureteral stone disease. In routine practice it is most commonly done with the use of a guide wire. It is conducted with ureteroscope and stone is disintegrated most commonly with lasers.
DEVICE	Semirigid Ureteroscopy (URS) Without Guide Wire	Semirigid URS is the operations used for ureteral stone disease . It is conducted with ureteroscope and stone is disintegrated most commonly with lasers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-01-01
• First posted: 2017-04-11
• Last updated: 2019-03-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)