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Comparison of Preoperative Prophylactic Single Dose Fosfomycin Trometamol Versus 5-day Levofloxacin in Prevention of Post-percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Infectious Complications and Sepsis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov · COMPLETED, 2025

210 participants

Abstract

A randomized controlled trial comparing the use of preoperative prophylactic single dose fosfomycin trometamol versus levofloxacin in prevention of post-PCNL infectious complications and sepsis.

the 3 groups were compared as regards the baseline data, preoperative data, intra-operative data, and post-op data.

Conditions: Calculi, Renal, PCNL, Infectious Complications.

Primary outcome: post-operative infectious complications and sepsis.

Enrollment: 210 participants.

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Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 210 participants or records.

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