Long-Term Prescription of α-Blockers Decrease the Risk of Recurrent Urolithiasis Needed for Surgical Intervention-A Nationwide Population-Based Study

• Chia-Chu Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chia-Chu Liu, Hui-Min Hsieh

  Affiliations Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan, Pingtung, Taiwan

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• Hui-Min Hsieh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chia-Chu Liu, Hui-Min Hsieh

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Chia-Fang Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Shu-Pin Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Yii-Her Chou,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Chun-Nung Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Wen-Jeng Wu,

  Affiliations Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Ming-Tsang Wu

  * E-mail: 960021@ms.kmuh.org.tw

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Center of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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