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ArticleLasers in medical science2023

Efficacy and safety of intraurethral Erbium:YAG laser treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence following failed intravaginal laser therapy: a retrospective study.

Yung-Ling Tseng, Chi-Feng Su

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yung-Ling TsengDepartment of Education, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8700-5565
Chi-Feng SuDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kuang Tien General Hospital, No.117, Shatian Road, Shalu District, Taichung, 433, Taiwan. obgyn.ktgh@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3141-4892
Kuang Tien General Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a prevalent condition affecting 25-45% of women and is linked to factors such as menopause, parity, high body mass index, and radical pelvic surgery. Among the three types of UI, stress incontinence (SUI) is the most common, accounting for almost 50% of cases, followed by urgency and overflow incontinence. UI has been found to be associated with reduced quality of life and mental stress. Non-invasive laser treatment is the safest and most effective option for managing SUI, with intraurethral Erbium SMOOTH

Indexed as

Lasers, Solid-StateLaser TherapyUrinary IncontinenceUrinary Incontinence, StressErbiumFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPregnancyQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesErbiumErbium:YAG laserGenitourinary syndrome of menopauseIntraurethral laserStress urinary incontinence

Identifiers

PMID37688606
PMCPMC10492687
OpenAlexW4386580066

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