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ArticleBJU international2025

Cryotherapy for posterior lesions of the prostate: the hydrogel technique.

Chi Hang Yee, Peter Ka-Fung Chiu, Kae Jack Tay, Yu Guang Tan, Ho Fai Wong, Brian Siu, Rossella Nicoletti, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Chi Fai Ng

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Article in BJU international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Chi Hang YeeDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6557-3107
Peter Ka-Fung ChiuDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-8372
Kae Jack TayDepartment of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0365-1899
Yu Guang TanDepartment of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8166-0582
Ho Fai WongDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Brian SiuDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Rossella NicolettiDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Jeremy Yuen-Chun TeohDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-2342
Chi Fai NgDepartment of Surgery, S.H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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cryotherapyfocal therapyhydrogelprostate cancerrectal spacer

Identifiers

PMID39988465
PMCPMC11975199

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