Objection: To investigate whether taking dif-ferent amounts of liquid after the SWL procedure effects stone clearance rates in patients with the up-per ureteral stones.
Material and Methods: Patients who had ra-diopaque upper ureteral stones that planned SWL treatment enrolled in the study. Stone size, count of SWL shock, the amount of energy, weight and height of patients were recorded. After the proce-dure, patients were divided into 3 groups. Group 1:Daily 1500 cc, group 2:Daily 3000 cc, group 3:Daily 4500 cc water intake was suggested. Patients were checked after processing an average of 11.8(3-52) days.Control was done with plain abdominal radiography. Stone clearence was recorded. Statisti-cal evaluation was made with SPSS 16.0 (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
Results: Between July 2012 and July 2014, 55 patients were included in the study.There were 24 patients in group 1; 18 patients in group 2; 13 patients in group 3. Stone size according to the groups of patients , the number of SWL shocked at the amount of energy applied and weight did not differ(p=0.673,0.094,0.295). There was no differ-ence for stone clearence during control(p=0.960). Grup1-2 p = 0.151; group 1-3, p = 0.507; group 2-3, p=0.537 In binary comparison there was no signifi-cant difference. (Mann-Whitney U test)
Conclusions: It does not seem to increase in-crease the success rate of stone clearence by in-creasing the daily water intake from 1500 cc to 4500 cc after SWL in patients with the upper ureteral stones.
Abstract
Objection: To investigate whether taking dif-ferent amounts of liquid after the SWL procedure effects stone clearance rates in patients with the up-per ureteral stones.
Material and Methods: Patients who had ra-diopaque upper ureteral stones that planned SWL treatment enrolled in the study. Stone size, count of SWL shock, the amount of energy, weight and height of patients were recorded. After the proce-dure, patients were divided into 3 groups. Group 1:Daily 1500 cc, group 2:Daily 3000 cc, group 3:Daily 4500 cc water intake was suggested. Patients were checked after processing an average of 11.8(3-52) days.Control was done with plain abdominal radiography. Stone clearence was recorded. Statisti-cal evaluation was made with SPSS 16.0 (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
Results: Between July 2012 and July 2014, 55 patients were included in the study.There were 24 patients in group 1; 18 patients in group 2; 13 patients in group 3. Stone size according to the groups of patients , the number of SWL shocked at the amount of energy applied and weight did not differ(p=0.673,0.094,0.295). There was no differ-ence for stone clearence during control(p=0.960). Grup1-2 p = 0.151; group 1-3, p = 0.507; group 2-3, p=0.537 In binary comparison there was no signifi-cant difference. (Mann-Whitney U test)
Conclusions: It does not seem to increase in-crease the success rate of stone clearence by in-creasing the daily water intake from 1500 cc to 4500 cc after SWL in patients with the upper ureteral stones.