SynthesisBMJ clinical evidence2015
Kidney stones: flexible ureteroscopy.
Synthesis in BMJ clinical evidence, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Drug-induced kidney stones: a real-world pharmacovigilance study using the FDA adverse event reporting system database.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Clinical Outcomes and Safety Assessment of Flexible Ureteroscopy as an Outpatient Procedure: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionThe age of peak incidence for stone disease is 20 to 40 years, although stones are seen in all age groups. There is a male to female ratio of 3:2. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We conducted a systematic overview, aiming to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of flexible ureteroscopy for the removal of renal stones? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to May 2014 (Clinical Evidence overviews are updated periodically; please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this overview).
resultsAt this update, searching of electronic databases retrieved 197 studies. After deduplication and removal of conference abstracts, 118 records were screened for inclusion in the overview. Appraisal of titles and abstracts led to the exclusion of 99 studies and the further review of 18 full publications. Of the 18 full articles evaluated, one systematic review and four RCTs were added at this update. We performed a GRADE evaluation for eight PICO combinations.
conclusionsIn this systematic overview, we categorised the efficacy for four interventions, based on information relating to the effectiveness and safety of: flexible ureteroscopy (combined with snare or basket or laser lithotripsy) versus expectant management, flexible ureteroscopy (combined with snare or basket or laser lithotripsy) versus extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, flexible ureteroscopy (combined with snare or basket or laser lithotripsy) versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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