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Inclusion criteria were adult patients with obstructed infected kidneys by renal or ureteric stones. After drainage of the kidney, they were randomized into early and delayed groups. In the early group, ureteroscopy was done after 7\u00a0days while in the delayed group, ureteroscopy was done after 14\u201321\u00a0days of drainage. The primary outcome was the difference in incidence of postoperative infectious complications. Infectious complications were defined as having one of the criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) with infected urine culture. Secondary outcomes were unplanned visits during the waiting period, hospital stay and stone-free rates (SFR).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study included 96 patients (44 in early group and 52 in delayed group). Post-ureteroscopy infectious complications were significantly more in the early group (56.8% versus 30.8%, P\u2009=\u20090.01). The rate of unplanned hospital visits during waiting period was higher in the delayed group (36.5% versus 11.4% in the early group, P\u2009=\u20090.005). Hospital stays after ureteroscopy and SFR were comparable between both groups (P\u2009=\u20090.227 and P\u2009=\u20090.464).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The preferred timing for ureteroscopy after drainage of obstructed infected kidneys with urolithiasis may be between 14 to 21\u00a0days because early intervention was associated with a higher incidence of infectious complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The protocol for the trial was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06101563) on October 20, 2023.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00345-025-06124-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,10]],"date-time":"2026-03-10T06:42:24Z","timestamp":1773124944000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Optimal duration between drainage for obstructing renal or ureteral stones associated with infection and ureteroscopic lithotripsy: a randomized controlled trial"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"44","clinical-trial-number":[{"clinical-trial-number":"nct06101563","registry":"10.18810\/clinical-trials-gov"}],"author":[{"given":"Mahmoud E.","family":"Helal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed R.","family":"EL-Nahas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7929-0407","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mahmoud","family":"Laymon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amr A.","family":"Elsawy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yasser","family":"Osman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,10]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"6124_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1468","DOI":"10.1016\/j.euf.2020.08.011","volume":"7","author":"M Abufaraj","year":"2021","unstructured":"Abufaraj M, Xu T, Cao C, Waldhoer T, Seitz C, d\u2019andrea D et al (2021) Prevalence and trends in kidney stone among adults in the USA: analyses of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007\u20132018 data. 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