Document Type : Letter to Editor
Authors
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Department of Radiology, Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
We would like to address the letter critiquing our article entitled “Clinical Efficacy of Intravenous Papaverine Plus Ketorolac in the Emergency Treatment of Renal Colic: A Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial”, which was published in your esteemed journal (Vol 49, No. 11, November 2024). We appreciate the thoughtful comments provided in the letter and are grateful for the opportunity to respond to the points raised.
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