Cochrane · systematic review · CD010258
Intermittent self‐dilatation for urethral stricture disease in males
Jackson, MJ, Veeratterapillay, R, Harding, CK, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
IncontinenceAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
1
current version
GRADE rated
1
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Intermittent self‐dilatation compared to no treatment for males after urethral stricture surgery
Population: males after urethral stricture surgery
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Recurrent urethral stricture Intermittent self‐dilatation vs no treatment | RR 0.7 [0.48, 1] | 6 studies · 404 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |