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ReviewTherapeutic advances in urology2016

Evidence of the efficacy and safety of the thulium laser in the treatment of men with benign prostatic obstruction.

Yana Barbalat, Marissa C Velez, Christopher I Sayegh, Doreen E Chung

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Review in Therapeutic advances in urology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yana BarbalatColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Marissa C VelezColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Christopher I SayeghColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Doreen E ChungColumbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, HIP 11th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2005, the high power thulium laser was introduced for the surgical treatment of benign prostatic obstruction. It has several properties that confer theoretical advantages over other lasers used for the same indication, such as technical versatility and a relatively small zone of thermal damage. Studies using the 70-150 W thulium laser systems demonstrate good efficacy of these procedures with low morbidity and few complications even in higher risk patients. Different techniques have been employed to treat the prostate with this technology, including enucleation, vapoenucleation, vaporization and resection. Comparative studies have been published comparing thulium laser prostatectomy to monopolar transurethral resection of prostate (TURP), bipolar TURP and holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HoLEP). In this review we discuss the current literature on the safety and efficacy of various thulium techniques for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and examine comparative studies.

Indexed as

laser therapyprostatic hyperplasiathulium

Identifiers

PMID27247628
PMCPMC4872189
OpenAlexW2287661810

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