Objective: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of tamsulosin and silodosin as medical expulsive therapy in patients with symptomatic uncomplicated distal ureteric stones. Material and Methods: The data of adult patients who had distal ureteric stones in size between 4 and 10 mm and were treated with medical expulsive therapy between June 2019 and January 2022 were retrospectively documented. Patients were divided into two groups. Patients in Group 1 received silodosin 4 mg, and Group 2 received tamsulosin 0.4 mg. Therapy was given for a maximum of 3 weeks. Stone expulsion rate, time to stone expulsion, stone burden, and stone size were recorded. The efficacy of tamsulosin and silodosin as adjunctive medical therapy was determined. Results: A total of 152 patients were included in the study. Demographic profiles were comparable between the 2 groups. 116 (76.3%) patients were stone-free at the end of the follow-up. The stone expulsion rate was calculated in 47 patients (73.4%) in Group 1, and 69 patients (78.4%) in Group 2 (P = 0.477). The distance of the stone to the ureterovesical junction was significantly associated with successful stone expulsion in multivariate analysis (P=0.032). Conclusion: There was no significant superiority between tamsulosin and silodosin as medical expulsive therapy for distal ureteral stones. The distance of the stone to the ureterovesical junction was the only independent predictor of stone expulsion in multivariate analysis. Keywords: Medical expulsive therapy,
A hanging bladder calculus on the dome of the bladder is rarely seen, and a hanging bladder stone concurrent with bladder cancer is observed even rarer. Herein, we report a 76-year-old male patient presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms and recurrent urinary tract infection. A hanging stone on the dome of the bladder was seen and treated endoscopically. We also coincidentally found and resected a suspicious lesion which was diagnosed as low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma.
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