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ArticleScientific reports2021

Preoperative estimate of natural ureteral length based on computed tomography and/or plain radiography.

Jen-Ting Hsu, Jen-Shu Tseng, Marcelo Chen, Fang-Ju Sun, Chien-Wen Chen, Wun-Rong Lin, Pai-Kai Chiang, Allen W Chiu

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Article in Scientific reports, 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jen-Ting HsuDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Jen-Shu TsengDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC. urojst@gmail.com.
Marcelo ChenDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Fang-Ju SunDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Chien-Wen ChenDepartment of Radiology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Wun-Rong LinDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Pai-Kai ChiangDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Allen W ChiuDepartment of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan, ROC.
Mackay Memorial Hospital · TWMackay Medical College · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To predict natural ureter lengths based on clinical images. We reviewed our image database of patients who underwent multiphasic computed tomography urography from January 2019 to April 2020. Natural ureteral length (UL

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Preoperative CareFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOrgan SizeRadiographyRetrospective StudiesTaiwanTomography, X-Ray ComputedUreter

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PMID34108557
PMCPMC8190263
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