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SynthesisAmerican journal of men's health

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Tamsulosin Plus Tadalafil Compared With Tamsulosin Alone in Treating Males With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostrate Hyperplasia.

Rui Zhou, Xuanyan Che, Zhongbao Zhou, Yue Ma

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Synthesis 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 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rui ZhouDepartment of Urology, Sichuan Science City Hospital, MianYang, China.
Xuanyan CheDepartment of Urology, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhongbao ZhouDepartment of Urology, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9810-8145
Yue MaDepartment of Urology, Sichuan Science City Hospital, MianYang, China.
Capital Medical University · CNSichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostrate hyperplasia (BPH) are common geriatric diseases, and its incidence rises with age. The treatment of BPH and LUTS is becoming a burden for health care. The meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination therapy (tamsulosin plus tadalafil) compared with tamsulosin alone in treatment of males with LUTS/BPH. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses were utilized to conduct this study. There were several databases available for literature retrieval, including Medline, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science databases, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register. To improve the comprehensiveness of the search, related references were also searched. Finally, six randomized controlled trials including 441 patients were included. The combination therapy had significant improvements in total International Prostate Symptom Score (

Indexed as

Erectile DysfunctionLower Urinary Tract SymptomsProstatic HyperplasiaAgedDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansHyperplasiaMaleQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTadalafilTamsulosinTreatment OutcomeTadalafilTamsulosinbenign prostatic hyperplasialower urinary tract symptomsmeta-analysisrandomized controlled trialtadalafiltamsulosin

Identifiers

PMID36842963
PMCPMC9972064
OpenAlexW4322393883

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