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Level 1A Evidence -Randomized Controlled Trials
Shoma et al., Urology 2002 (60)388-392
Basiri et al., Urol Int. 2013 (90)399-404 Falahatkar et al., J Endourol 2008 (22) 2513-2517 De Sio et al., E Urol. 2008 (54) 196-203 Karami H. et al., World J Urol. 2012 (31) 1225-1230 Al-Dessoukey et al., J Endourol. 2014 (28) 1058-1063 Sofer et al, Cent European J Urol. 2017 (70) 60-65
Would more accurately be described as ‘pragmatic randomized trials’
-Only one describes consent for prospective study
-Only one study provides power calculationdifferences in OR time -One study ended enrollment early due to surgeon preference, and not
based on interim data analysis for adverse/superior outcomes
According to Oxford Center of Evidence Based Medicine:
Level 2B Data