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ArticleInternational journal of impotence research2021

Can low intensity shockwave therapy match the efficacy of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction treatment? A pooled data analysis from two randomized clinical trials.

Ioannis Mykoniatis, Dimitrios Kalyvianakis, Paraskevi Kapoteli, Filimon Zilotis, Agrippina Fournaraki, Evangelos Poulios, Dimitrios Hatzichristou

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Article in International journal of impotence research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ioannis Mykoniatis1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. g_mikoniatis@hotmail.com.
Dimitrios Kalyvianakis1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Paraskevi Kapoteli1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Filimon Zilotis1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Agrippina Fournaraki1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Evangelos Poulios1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios Hatzichristou1st Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Erectile DysfunctionHigh-Energy Shock WavesCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5Data AnalysisHumansMalePhosphodiesterase 5 InhibitorsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors

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