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ArticleAmerican journal of men's health

Clinical Outcome of Endoscopic Enucleation of the Prostate Compared With Robotic-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy for Prostates Larger Than 80 cm

Chen-Pang Hou, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Pei-Shan Yang, Phei-Lang Chang, Chien-Lun Chen, Kuo-Yen Lin, Horng-Heng Juang, Shu-Chuan Weng, Ke-Hung Tsui

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Article in American journal of men's health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chen-Pang HouDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Yu-Hsiang LinDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Pei-Shan YangDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Phei-Lang ChangDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Chien-Lun ChenDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Kuo-Yen LinDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Horng-Heng JuangDepartment of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan.
Shu-Chuan WengBachelor Degree Program of Senior Health and Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu.
Ke-Hung TsuiDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei.ORCID 0000-0003-1121-4402
Chang Gung University · TWTaipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TWYuanpei University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated and compared the surgical outcomes of using endoscopic enucleation (thulium: YAG laser and bipolar plasma; ThuLEP) with robotic-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP) in the treatment of prostates larger than 80 cm

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Prostatic HyperplasiaRobotic Surgical ProceduresHumansMaleProstateProstatectomyQuality of LifeTreatment Outcomelaseroutcomeprostate hypertrophyrobotic surgery

Identifiers

PMID34903071
PMCPMC8679036
OpenAlexW4200437443

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