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ReviewFrontiers in urology2023

Understanding ureteropelvic junction obstruction: how far have we come?

Caoimhe S Costigan, Norman D Rosenblum

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Review in Frontiers in urology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  4. Enhancing outcomes and accelerating learning curves in open pyeloplasty.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2026
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  5. Article
  6. Quantitative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Confirms Renal Obstruction: A Feasibility Study.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Interstitial Cells of Cajal and PJournal of clinical medicine · 2024
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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

2 authors.

Caoimhe S CostiganDivision of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Norman D RosenblumDivision of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital anomalies of the urinary tract are a major cause of chronic kidney disease in both adults and children. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction, usually detected as urinary tract dilatation

Indexed as

CAKUT (congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract)developmentkidney malformationpediatric nephrologyUPJOureteropelvic junction obstruction

Identifiers

PMID40778044
PMCPMC12327334

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