Minimally invasive treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a network metaanalysis (Protocol)

Juan VA Franco* (Corresponding Author), Jae Hung Jung, Mari Imamura, Michael Borofsky, Muhammad Imran Omar, Camila Micaela Escobar Liquitay, Shamar Young, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Luis Garegnani, Philipp Dahm

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Abstract

Objectives
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:
Primary
To assess the comparative eFectiveness of minimally invasive treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic
hyperplasia.
Secondary
To obtain an estimate of relative ranking of these minimally invasive treatments according to their eFects.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberCD013656
Number of pages24
JournalCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Volume2020
Issue number6
Early online date24 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jun 2020

Bibliographical note

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
We are very grateful to Cochrane Urology, especially the Managing Editor Robert Lane, as well as Cochrane Urology Korea for supporting this review. Furthermore, we are grateful to Gretchen Kuntz for revising and providing feedback on the search strategies. We also thank Marco Blanker, Sevann Helo, and Murad Mohammad for their peer-review input of the protocol.

S O U R C E S O F S U P P O R T
Internal sources
• Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano, Argentina
Salary support for Juan Franco, Luis Garegnani, Camila Micalea Escobar Liquitay
• Department of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea, South
Salary support for Jae Hung Jung
• Minneapolis VA Health Care System, USA
Salary support for Philipp Dahm
• Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, USA
Support in kind for Philipp Dahm

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