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Opioid Use After PCNL
Rochester, MN
The purpose of the study is to assess patients’ use of opioid and non-opioid pain medication following percutaneous nephrolithotomy, as well as to characterize disposal patterns for unused opioid medication after recovery.
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A Study of the Ability for CT Imaging to Accurately Predict the Fragility (Quality of Being Easily Broken) of Kidney Stones during Surgical Intervention
Rochester, MN
A Study of the ability for CT imaging to accurately predict the fragility (quality of being easily broken) of kidney stones during surgical intervention.
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Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Operative Outcomes and Complications of Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) Versus Standard PCNL
Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ
The purpose of this study is to compare the operative outcomes and complications of mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) versus standard PCNL for renal stones.
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Reducing Opioid Prescription After Kidney Stone Removal Surgery
Rochester, MN
Due to the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States, there is increased attention and interest in reducing the use of opioid medication after surgery to minimize the risk of opioid tolerance and addiction, decrease the pool of unused opioids available for misuse, and maximize the use of alternative pain management medications and techniques. The purpose of this study is to implement and assess a standard way of prescribing opioids following percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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A Study to Compare ShockPulse-SE vs. Trilogy Lithotripters for Removal of Large Kidney Stones
Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ
The purpose of this study is to measure how well two different devices work to break up and remove kidney stones. We are comparing a newer device to an older one to see which one is faster at breaking up kidney stones. We hypothesize that the Trilogy device will increase the stone clearance rate by 25% compared to the Shockpulse-SE device.
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Study Of The Patient Radiation Dose During Five Endourological Procedures
Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ
In the medical world more and more procedures are performed with the use of ionizing radiation (x-ray), both diagnostic and therapeutic. The main and most known risk is the development of malignancies as a result of the use of ionizing radiation.
Purpose of this study: To examine the patient radiation dose (PRD) if the frames per second (FPS) are set differently during the five most performed endourological procedures where fluoroscopy is used (insertion/replacement of ureteral stent, (mini-)percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL/PNL), ureterorenoscopy (URS) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL/SWL)) and to propose an acceptable PRD for these procedures in a multicentric study.