Use of the ureteral access sheath during ureteroscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jian Huang; Zhijian Zhao; Jad Khaled AlSmadi; Xiongfa Liang; Fangling Zhong; Tao Zeng; Weizhou Wu; Tuo Deng; Yongchang Lai; Luhao Liu; Guohua Zeng; Wenqi Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0193600

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Use of the ureteral access sheath during ureteroscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jian Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Huang, Zhijian Zhao

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Zhijian Zhao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Huang, Zhijian Zhao

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Jad Khaled AlSmadi,

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Xiongfa Liang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Fangling Zhong,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Tao Zeng,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Weizhou Wu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Tuo Deng,

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Yongchang Lai,

Roles Investigation, Software, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Luhao Liu,

Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Department of organ transplantation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Guohua Zeng,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Wenqi Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

* E-mail: wwqwml@163.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery center, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3923-3093

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Use of the ureteral access sheath during ureteroscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jian Huang,
Zhijian Zhao,
Jad Khaled AlSmadi,
Xiongfa Liang,
Fangling Zhong,
Tao Zeng,
Weizhou Wu,
Tuo Deng,
Yongchang Lai,
Luhao Liu

Published: February 28, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193600

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