URS with stent placement vs URS with no stent placement: UTI (positive urine culture as well as symptoms) up to 90 days
URS with stent placement showed no clear difference in UTI (positive urine culture as well as symptoms) up to 90 days compared with URS with no stent placement (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
URS with stent placement vs URS with no stent placement UTI (positive urine culture as well as symptoms) up to 90 days URS with stent placement showed no clear difference in UTI (positive urine culture as well as symptoms) up to 90 days compared with URS with no stent placement (moderate certainty). Ureteral stent versus no ureteral stent for ureteroscopy in the management of renal and ureteral calculi (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.94 [0.59, 1.51] | 10 studies · 1207 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ureteral stent versus no ureteral stent for ureteroscopy in the management of renal and ureteral calculi 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.