Effect of tamsulosin versus tamsulosin plus tadalafil on renal calculus clearance after shock wave lithotripsy: An open-labelled, randomised, prospective study
Siddalingeshwar Neeli()
Department of Urology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, India
Objectives: To compare the efficacy of tamsulosin versus tamsulosin plus tadalafil in achieving clearance of fragments after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) to treat renal calculi. Methods: Between January 2016 to December 2017, 140 patients with solitary, non-branched, non-lower calyceal renal calculus and measuring less than 20 mm and treated with SWL were randomized to tamsulosin (group A) or tamsulosin plus tadalafil (group B). Therapy was given for a period of 4 weeks. Stone clearance rate, analgesic requirement, occurrence of steinstrasse, need for auxiliary procedures (endoscopic treatment), and adverse effects of drugs were recorded. Results: The overall clearance rate was 72.5% (50/69) in the group A and 90.1% (64/71) in the group B (p=0.007). For stones up to 12 mm, the difference in the clearance rate was significant (p=0.039) while it was not so for stones larger than 12 mm (p=0.151). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups with regards to analgesic requirement (p=0.94), occurrence of steinstrasse (p=0.101), need for auxiliary procedures (p=0.76), and adverse effects of the drugs (p=0.148). Conclusion: Our study shows that adjunctive medical expulsive therapy with tamsulosin and tadalafil achieves better clearance rate than tadalafil alone in patients receiving SWL for renal stones.
. [J]. Asian Journal of Urology, 2021, 8(4): 430-435.
Siddalingeshwar Neeli. Effect of tamsulosin versus tamsulosin plus tadalafil on renal calculus clearance after shock wave lithotripsy: An open-labelled, randomised, prospective study. Asian Journal of Urology, 2021, 8(4): 430-435.
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