Tubeless Versus Standard Upper Pole Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

Clalit Health Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pleural Effusion

Treatments: Device: Double J stent without nephrostomy; Device: nephrostomy tube and double J stent

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02036398

RMC-6405

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 2 patient groups

Nephrostomy tube + double J stent

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard therapy group with nephrostomy tube and double J stent left at the end of the PCNL

Treatment:

Device: nephrostomy tube and double J stent

Device: Double J stent without nephrostomy

Double J stent without nephrostomy

Experimental group

Description:

Double J stent only left at the end of the procedure

Treatment:

Device: Double J stent without nephrostomy