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ArticleWorld journal of urology2025

A PEARLS clarion call for caution: methodological gaps in a recent systematic review on high-power laser lithotripsy.

Etienne Xavier Keller, Alba Sierra, Anil Shrestha, Vincent De Coninck, Frédéric Panthier, Eugenio Ventimiglia, Mariela Corrales, Felipe Pauchard, Vineet Gauhar, Jia-Lun Kwok and 1 more

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Article in World journal of urology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Etienne Xavier KellerDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. etiennexavier.keller@usz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1667-7609
Alba SierraProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-8067
Anil ShresthaProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2249-5345
Vincent De ConinckProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-5055
Frédéric PanthierProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-2984
Eugenio VentimigliaProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-1629
Mariela CorralesProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-8464
Felipe PauchardProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2295-0042
Vineet GauharProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-7141
Jia-Lun KwokProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9758-6225
Olivier TraxerProgressive Endourological Association for Research and Leading Solutions (PEARLS), Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2459-3803

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