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SynthesisUrolithiasis2016

Comparison of silodosin to tamsulosin for medical expulsive treatment of ureteral stones: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mehmet Özsoy, Evangelos Liatsikos, Nicolas Scheffbuch, Panagiotis Kallidonis

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Synthesis in Urolithiasis, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Enhancing stone expulsion: The efficacy of combined medical therapy with tamsulosin and dexamethasone in renal colic patients.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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  12. Does silodosin offer better results than tamsulosin as medical expulsive treatment after shock wave lithotripsy for single distal ureteric stones?Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mehmet ÖzsoyDepartment of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, General Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. Mehmet.oezsoy@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1426-9273
Evangelos LiatsikosDepartment of Urology, University of Patras, Rion, 26 504, Patras, Greece.
Nicolas ScheffbuchDepartment of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, General Hospital Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Panagiotis KallidonisDepartment of Urology, University of Patras, Rion, 26 504, Patras, Greece.
University of Patras · GRVienna General Hospital · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed at comparing the success rates of silodosin to the most commonly used for medical expulsive therapy (MET) tamsulosin for the management of ureteral stones. A systematic review using the search string: "silodosin AND (ston* OR calcu* OR expul*)" was conducted on Pubmed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register. The Primary endpoint was the stone expulsion rate. Secondary endpoint was the time to stone expulsion. Two authors independently screened the studies depending on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Meta-analysis and forest-plot figures were calculated with the software Review Manager (RevMan 5.3.5). Variations were evaluated with the χ

Indexed as

Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor AntagonistsHumansIndolesSulfonamidesTamsulosinUreteral CalculiAdrenergic alpha-1 Receptor AntagonistsIndolessilodosinSulfonamidesTamsulosinMedical expulsive therapy (MET)Meta-analysisSilodosinSystematic reviewTamsulosinUreteral stones

Identifiers

PMID27021350
PMCPMC5063919
OpenAlexW2328030603

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