Stone clearance time measured in days · adults with renal and ureteral stones undergoing shock wave lithotripsy
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Proportion of participants who developed a new urinary stone · children with idiopathic urinary calculi treated with shockwave lithotripsy
Potassium citrate may leads to lower proportion of participants who developed a new urinary stone compared with no intervention (low certainty).
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Proportion of participants with adverse events while undergoing intervention · children with idiopathic urinary calculi treated with shockwave lithotripsy
It is very uncertain whether potassium citrate changes proportion of participants with adverse events while undergoing… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
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Retreatment · children with idiopathic urinary calculi treated with shockwave lithotripsy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Treatment success rate · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL may leads to lower treatment success rate at 3 months MCID: 5% absolute difference compared with PCNL (low certainty).
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Retreatment · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL probably leads to higher retreatment rate MCID: 3% absolute difference compared with RIRS (moderate certainty).
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Auxiliary procedures rate MCID: 3% absolute difference · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL may leads to higher auxiliary procedures rate MCID: 3% absolute difference compared with RIRS (low certainty).
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Duration of hospital stay MCID: 1 day absolute difference · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
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Quality of life Assumed MCID: NA · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
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Complications MCID: 3% absolute difference · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL probably leads to lower complications MCID: 3% absolute difference compared with PCNL (moderate certainty).
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Retreatment · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL may leads to higher retreatment rate MCID: 3% absolute difference compared with PCNL (low certainty).
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Auxiliary procedures rate MCID: 3% absolute difference · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL probably leads to higher auxiliary procedures rate MCID: 3% absolute difference compared with PCNL (moderate certainty).
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Duration of hospital stay MCID: 1 day absolute difference · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
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Treatment success rate · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL may leads to lower treatment success rate at 3 months MCID: 5% absolute difference compared with RIRS (low certainty).
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Quality of life MCID varies by instrument. · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
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Complications MCID: 3% absolute difference · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
It is very uncertain whether ESWL changes complications MCID: 3% absolute difference compared with RIRS (very low certainty).
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