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Effects of Non-Surgical Therapy on the Treatment of Ureteral Stones

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DOI: 10.23977/medsc.2025.060515 | Downloads: 0 | Views: 35

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Jun Meng 1

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1 Department of Urology, Jizhou District People's Hospital, Tianjin, China

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Jun Meng

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the differences in the efficacy of non-surgical treatments for ureteral stones (6-15 mm). We retrospectively analyzed 595 patients who were treated in our hospital from June 2023 to May 2025 for ureteral stones (stones ranging in size from 6 to 15 mm). They were divided into three groups: Group A received conservative treatment with drugs (antispasmodic, analgesic, and ureteral dilation drugs), and Group B received ureteral double "J" Tube insertion plus oral stone expulsion drugs, group c extracorporeal lithotripsy (ESWL), compared the expulsion rate of upper and lower ureteral stones and stones of different sizes (≤10mm and >10mm) in the three groups. There was no statistically significant difference in age, gender, and stone location between the groups (p>0.05). The results of the analysis are: 1. Stone location: The stone expulsion rate in the lower section is higher than that in the upper section (mean comparison of each group, P<0.05); 2. Stone size: ≤10mm, the ESWL (group c) has the highest stone expulsion rate; >10mm, the stone expulsion rates in the three groups are all low. The conclusion drawn from the results is that ESWL has the best therapeutic effect for stones (6-15mm), and drug therapy and ureteral double "J" tube insertion can be used as the first intervention treatment for pain, infection, fever, and edema.

KEYWORDS

Non-Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment, Ureteral Stones, Stone Discharge Rate

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Jun Meng, Effects of Non-Surgical Therapy on the Treatment of Ureteral Stones. MEDS Clinical Medicine (2025) Vol. 6: 105-109. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medsc.2025.060515.

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