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ReviewFrontiers in surgery2021

Current Management of Membranous Urethral Strictures Due to Radiation.

Marjan Waterloos, Francisco Martins, Wesley Verla, Luis Alex Kluth, Nicolaas Lumen

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Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Marjan WaterloosDepartment of Urology, AZ Maria Middelares Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Francisco MartinsDepartment of Urology, University of Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal.
Wesley VerlaDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Luis Alex KluthDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Nicolaas LumenDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University Hospital · BEGoethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiotherapy is a frequently used treatment for prostate cancer. It does not only causes the intended damage to cancer cells, but also affects healthy surrounding tissue. As a result radiation-induced urethral strictures occur in 2.2% of prostate cancer patients. Management of urethral strictures is challenging due to the presence of poor vascularized tissue for reconstruction and the proximity of the sphincter, which can impair the functional outcome. This review provides a literature overview of risk factors, diagnostics and management of radiation-induced urethral strictures.

Indexed as

membranous urethral strictureradiation-inducedradiotherapyurethal strictureurethroplasty

Identifiers

PMID33748181
PMCPMC7969877
OpenAlexW3134706754

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