Suction mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the management of 2–4 cm kidney stones: study protocol for an international, multicenter, parallel-group, noninferiority, randomized controlled trial
The aim of this trial is to generate high-level evidence regarding the noninferiority of suction mini-PCNL compared to standard PCNL for 2-4 cm renal stones. The trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT05088213.
Authors
- Yuanwei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7817-4586)
- Albert Aquino
- E. Montanari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-666X)
- Rui Jia
- Xuepei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-5871)
- Simon Choong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-415X)
- HouMeng Yang
- Iliya Saltirov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1434-7227)
- Jie Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1879-983X)
- Jorge Gutiérrez-Aceves
- Giorgio Mazzon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7890-2018)
- Jie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-1076)
- Jin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-2991)
- Marcin Popiolek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-2372)
- Shulian Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-6854)
- Haibo Xi
- Zhanping Xu
- Chi Ho Leung
- W Y Zhong
- Shabir Almousawi
- Chuanxun Wu
- Fan Cheng
- Wei Zhu
- Zhongyi Sun
- Guofu Pang
- Guohua Zeng
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Zunyi Medical University (CN)
- European Association of Urology (NL)
- Royal London Hospital (GB)
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Soochow University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College (CN)
- Fuyang City People's Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- Zhuhai People's Hospital (CN)
- Foshan Hospital of TCM (CN)
- José R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (PH)
- Military Medical Academy (BG)
- Xiangyang Central Hospital (CN)
- People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (CN)
- Örebro University Hospital (SE)
- Al-Sabah Hospital (KW)
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (CN)
- University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Qiannan Normal College For Nationalities (CN)
- University College London (GB)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-026-06302-7
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00