Open AccessThe Influence of Pain on the Outcome of Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
Author(s) -
Elke Bovelander,
Saskia Weltings,
Mandana Rad,
Paulien M. van Kampen,
Rob C.M. Pelger,
Hossain Roshani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000489424
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy , tamsulosin , logistic regression , univariate analysis , lithotripsy , hydronephrosis , multivariate analysis , surgery , urinary system , hyperplasia
The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of pain scores on the efficacy of extracor-poreal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) and to identify other predictive risk factors for treatment success.