ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of Phloroglucinol combined with Dexamethasone in ureteroscopy lithotripsy. Methods Patients with severe urinary infection, urinary tract tuberculosis, congenital urinary tract malformation were excluded. The clinical data of 124 patients with ureteral calculus was retrospectively analyzed, Group control with 29 patients who underwent conventional ureteroscopy lithotripsy, 32 patients were given Phloroglucinol (80 mg) as Group phloroglucinol, 29 patients were given Dexamethasone (10 mg) as Group Dexamethasone, 34 patients were given combination drugs of Phloroglucinol (80 mg) plus Dexamethasone (10 mg) as Group combination therapy, intravenously 15 min prior to surgery, respectively. The surgical complication, side-effects, operation time, duration of postoperative hematuria, and expulsion rate were recorded. Results All surgeries were accomplished successfully, and none severe side-effects were observed among these cases. In comparison of operation time and duration of postoperative hematuria, there were no significant difference between group Dexamethasone and group control, and both group Phloroglucinol and group combination therapy were better than that of group control (P < 0.05), furthermore, group combination therapy was better than group phloroglucinol (P < 0.05). In comparison of the expulsion rate, there were no significant difference between group control and group Phloroglucinol or group Dexamethasone (P > 0.05), however, group combination therapy is better than that of group control (P = 0.017). Conclusion Combined treatment with Phloroglucinol and Dexamethasone in ureteroscopy lithotripsy would shorten the operation time and duration of postoperative hematuria significantly, and improve the expulsion rate eventually.