Online ISSN: 2515-8260

C-reactive protein: A reliable parameter to predict the success of medical expulsive therapy using silodosin in small distal ureteric calculus

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Dr.NandakishoreB, Dr.Suyog Shetty, Dr.Imdad Ali, Dr.Ravishankar THS

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Background: Plasma C-Reactive Protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein whose serum level increases in response to inflammation, as happens in impacted ureteric calculus. Few studies have investigated the efficacy of silodosin, a selective alpha 1-A adrenoceptor antagonist, in medical expulsive therapy (MET) for distal ureteral calculi. The studies showed the efficacy of silodosin 8 mg/day as a potential treatment for distal ureteric calculus expulsion. In this study wedetermined the correlation of CRP Levels at the starting of MET and the success of METwith SILODOSIN after 3 weeks.

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