Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26816786›Full record

ReviewTranslational andrology and urology2014

Advances in ureteroscopy.

David R Wetherell, Damien Ling, Darren Ow, Bhawanie Koonjbeharry, Ania Sliwinski, Mahesha Weerakoon, Nathan Papa, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Damien M Bolton

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Review in Translational andrology and urology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

8citing papers in PubMed

0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

Benchtop comparison of seven ureteroscopes: evaluating physical properties and deflection with flexible and navigable suction access sheaths.BJU international · 2026
Article
Small Diameter (7.5 Fr) Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscopy with Direct In-Scope Suction (DISSJournal of clinical medicine · 2024
Article
Novel use of flexible video ureteroscope in airway management: A case series.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2022
Article
The impact of preoperative percutaneous nephrostomy as a treatment strategy before flexible ureteroscopy for impacted upper ureteral stones with hydronephrosis.Translational andrology and urology · 2021
Article
Ex-vivo Imaging of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Using Novel pH Low Insertion Peptide (Variant 3), a Molecular Imaging Probe.Urology · 2020
Article
Outcomes of ureteroscopy miniaturization on tissue damage and tissue hypoxia in a pig model.Scientific reports · 2018
Article
Balancing the utility of new technology against cost in urinary stone disease.Translational andrology and urology · 2014
Article
The Saudi urological association guidelines on urolithiasis.Urology annals
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David R WetherellDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Damien LingDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Darren OwDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Bhawanie KoonjbeharryDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Ania SliwinskiDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Mahesha WeerakoonDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Nathan PapaDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Nathan LawrentschukDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Damien M BoltonDepartment of Urology and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Austin Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ureteroscopy (URS) is a procedure which has been constantly evolving since the development of first generation devices 40 years ago. Progress towards smaller and more sophisticated equipment has been particularly rapid in the last decade. We review the significant steps that have been made toward improving outcomes and limiting morbidity with this procedure which is central to the management of urolithiasis and other upper urinary tract pathology.

Indexed as

digital imaginglaserUreteroscopy (URS)urinary calculi

Identifiers

PMID26816786

DOI10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2014.07.05

PMCPMC4708582

OpenAlexW2206170345

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Registered trials

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