NCT05265936

Is it Safe to Advance a Guidewire Through a Previously Placed Double j Stent?

Is it Safe to Advance a Guidewire Through a Previously Deployed Double j Stent? A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 88 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ankara Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this prospective randomized controlled study, it is aimed to investigate the effects of guidewire advanced through a previously placed double j stent on postoperative complications, operation time and efficacy.

Conditions

• Kidney Stone
• Ureter Obstruction
• Stent Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Passing a guidewire through a double j stent	The previously placed double J stent is removed up to the urethral meatus with a cystoscope and forceps and kept fixed at the meatal level without further pulling. Then, after reaching the kidney by passing a guidewire through it, the double j stent is removed. Followed by the routine lithotripsy procedure.
PROCEDURE	Double J stent removal and guidewire insertion	The double j stent is completely removed with the cystoscope and forceps, and the guidwire is inserted into the ureter by visualizing it with the cystoscope. Followed by the routine lithotripsy procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-06-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2022-03-04
• Last updated: 2022-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)