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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Elastography in the Urological Practice: Urinary and Male Genital Tract, Prostate Excluded-Review.

Vasile Simon, Sorin Marian Dudea, Nicolae Crisan, Vasile Dan Stanca, Marina Dudea-Simon, Iulia Andras, Zoltan Attila Mihaly, Ioan Coman

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Vasile SimonUrology Department, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Sorin Marian DudeaRadiology Department, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor 3-5, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Nicolae CrisanUrology Department, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Vasile Dan StancaUrology Department, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Marina Dudea-SimonObstetrics and Gynecology Clinic II, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400124 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Iulia AndrasUrology Department, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8586-3491
Zoltan Attila MihalyMunicipal Clinical Hospital, Tabacarilor 11, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioan ComanUrology Department, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this article is to review the utility of elastography in the day-to-day clinical practice of the urologist. An electronic database search was performed on PubMed and Cochrane Library with a date range between January 2000 and December 2021. The search yielded 94 articles that passed the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The articles were reviewed and discussed by organ, pathology and according to the physical principle underlying the elastographic method. Elastography was used in the study of normal organs, tumoral masses, chronic upper and lower urinary tract obstructive diseases, dysfunctions of the lower urinary tract and the male reproductive system, and as a pre- and post-treatment monitoring tool. Elastography has numerous applications in urology, but due to a lack of standardization in the methodology and equipment, further studies are required.

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elastographypenilerenaltesticularurethralurethral sphincterurinary bladder

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PMID35885631
PMCPMC9320571

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