TY - JOUR
T1 - Re: Antibiotic Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Infectious Complications following Prostate Biopsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
AU - Pilatz, Adrian
AU - Dimitropoulos, Konstantinos
AU - Veeratterapillay, Rajan
AU - Yuan, Y.
AU - Omar, Muhammad Imran
AU - MacLennan, Steven
AU - Cai, Tommaso
AU - Bruyère, Franck
AU - Bartoletti, Ricardo
AU - Köves, Bela
AU - Wagenlehner, Florian
AU - Bonkat, Gernot
AU - Pradere, Benjamin
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Reply by Authors: Jazayeri and Balaji raise concerns regarding the methodology of the meta-analysis and query the usage of the fixed effects Mantel-Haenszel method as some studies that are included in the meta-analysis have 0 events (fig. 1). They suggest that the random effects model is more appropriate for analyses with 0 events. We have copied the analysis they refer to by using random effects and fixed effects models (fig. 2)....
AB - Reply by Authors: Jazayeri and Balaji raise concerns regarding the methodology of the meta-analysis and query the usage of the fixed effects Mantel-Haenszel method as some studies that are included in the meta-analysis have 0 events (fig. 1). They suggest that the random effects model is more appropriate for analyses with 0 events. We have copied the analysis they refer to by using random effects and fixed effects models (fig. 2)....
U2 - 10.1097/JU.0000000000001333
DO - 10.1097/JU.0000000000001333
M3 - Letter
SN - 0022-5347
VL - 204
SP - 1350
EP - 1351
JO - Journal of Urology
JF - Journal of Urology
IS - 6
ER -