Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38164033›Full record

ArticleThe world journal of men's health2024

Juan Víctor Ariel Franco, Leonel Fabrizio Trivisonno, Nadia Sgarbossa, Gustavo Ariel Alvez, Cecilia Fieiras, Camila Micaela Escobar Liquitay, Jae Hung Jung

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Article in The world journal of men's health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Juan Víctor Ariel FrancoInstitute of General Practice, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. juan.franco@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-899X
Leonel Fabrizio TrivisonnoUniversidad Nacional de La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7983-4870
Nadia SgarbossaUniversidad Nacional de La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5131-901X
Gustavo Ariel AlvezInstituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4514-621X
Cecilia FieirasInstituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-4030
Camila Micaela Escobar LiquitayInstituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2903-6870
Jae Hung JungDepartment of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4990-7098
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · ARUniversidad Nacional de La Matanza · ARHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEYonsei University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the effects of MATERIALS AND

methodsWe performed a comprehensive search using multiple databases up to September 2022 with no language or publication status restrictions. We included parallel-group randomized controlled trials of participants with BPH who were treated with

resultsWe included 27 studies involving a total of 4,656 participants.

conclusions

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Meta-analysisProstatic hyperplasiaSerenoaSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID38164033
PMCPMC11216968
OpenAlexW4389525726

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