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

Abdelrahim Elsherbiny

Status: Completed

Conditions: Kidney Stone

Treatments: Procedure: elastography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05995652

Abdelrahim Elsherbiny

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

ESWL sucess and failed gps

Description:

post ESWL 50 pt large gp will be devided into sucess gp and failed gp

Treatment:

Procedure: elastography