Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32237945›Full record

Trial reportThe Journal of international medical research2020

Efficacy of combination terazosin and nifedipine therapy in postoperative treatment of distal ureteral stones after transurethral ureteroscopic lithotripsy.

Min Ju, Xiuyue Yu, Weiwei Wu, Jingkun Qu, Jin Zheng

RetractedOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialRetracted Publication
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In one paragraph

Trial report in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 95% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Retraction.The Journal of international medical research · 2025
    Article
  2. Treatment modalities for small-sized urolithiases and their impact on health-related quality of life.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2024
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Min JuDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xiuyue YuDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Weiwei WuDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Jingkun QuDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Jin ZhengDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5579-2904
First Hospital of China Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

LithotripsyUreteroscopyAdultDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansMaleNifedipinePain MeasurementPostoperative ComplicationsPrazosinQuality of LifeTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUreteral CalculiUrethraNifedipinePrazosinTerazosindistal ureteral stonesedemanifedipinepainpostoperative assessmentquality of lifestone dischargeTerazosintransurethral ureteroscopic lithotripsyVisual Analog Scale

Identifiers

PMID32237945
PMCPMC7132568
OpenAlexW3014781918

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Registered trials

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