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ArticleAdvances in urology2022

The Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery (ECIRS) versus Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Victor A Abdullatif, Roger L Sur, Ziad A Abdullatif, Sharon R Szabo, Joel E Abbott

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Article in Advances in urology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery: best practices and future perspectives.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  20. Current role of endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery in the management of renal stones: A scoping review.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of India
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Victor A AbdullatifUrology, Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Warren 48093, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9871-5802
Roger L SurUrology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego 92121, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8183-882X
Ziad A AbdullatifResearch, Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale 85308, AZ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3526-3746
Sharon R SzaboResearch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2154-7932
Joel E AbbottUrology, Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Warren 48093, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-3814
St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital · USMidwestern University · USUC San Diego Health System · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Our aim is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery compared to percutaneous nephrolithotomy to guide practitioners and inform guidelines. Materials and Methods: A detailed database search was performed in PubMed, OVID, Scopus, and Web of Science in October 2021 to identify articles pertaining to ECIRS published between 2001 and 2021. Results: Four nonrandomized comparative studies and one RCT were identified, yielding five studies with a total of 546 patients (ECIRS/mini-ECIRS, Conclusions: ECIRS may be a more suitable approach for the surgical management of large and complex kidney stones currently indicating PCNL due to its superior efficacy with comparable surgical time and complication rate, though it is thought that a lack of resources and properly trained personnel may preclude ECIRS from becoming the standard. It is our impression that ECIRS may become the preferred technique in the endourologic community corresponding to the evolutionary sequence of percutaneous stone surgery.

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