Efficacy and Safety of Muscarinic Antagonists Combined with Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists in the Medical Expulsion Therapy for Distal Ureteral Stone: A Meta-Analysis
Combination therapy with alpha-blockers and muscarinic antagonists improves stone expulsion and symptomatic relief in patients with lower ureteral stones <10 mm, without significantly affecting stone passage time, but at the cost of more anticholinergic side effects.
Authors
- Zizhen Hou
- ZhongYun Ning
- Hui Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9016-3334)
- Chunhao Mo
- Chuanjian Chen
- Ning Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4676-5610)
- Shaolong Zhang
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urologia Internationalis
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000548590
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Lanzhou University