Table 1 Excluded articles with detailed reasons of exclusion
From: Sleep related painful erection: an algorithm for evaluation and management
Article title | First author | Exclusion reasons |
|---|---|---|
1. REM sleep parasomnias [8]. | Schenck CH | Irrelevant subject |
2. Cardiac autonomic nervous activity in sleep-related painful erections [9]. | Ferini-Strambi L | Information already retrieved from the meta-analysis article written by Vreugdenhil S et al. in 2018 |
3. Sexual dysfunction in men with multiple sclerosis--a comprehensive pilot-study into etiology [10]. | Lottman PE | Irrelevant subject |
4. [Painful erections related to sleeping] [11]. | Menéndez López V | Article in Spanish |
5. Sleep-related painful erection is associated with neurovascular compression of basal forebrain [12]. | Szücs A | Information already retrieved from an article written by Karsenty G et al. in 2005 |
6. Neurological aspects of some sleep disorders [13]. | Szúcs A. | Irrelevant subject |
7. Radical prostatectomy and quality of life among African Americans [14]. | Ukoli FA | Irrelevant subject |
8. Subjective symptoms, sleeping problems, and cognitive performance in subjects living near mobile phone base stations [15]. | Hutter HP | Irrelevant subject |
9. Epithelioid haemangioma: a rare cause of painful erections and sleep deprivation [16]. | Lucky MA | Irrelevant subject |
10. Prevention of recurrent ischemic priapism with ketoconazole: evolution of a treatment protocol and patient outcomes [17]. | Hoeh MP | Irrelevant subject |
11. Sleep-related painful erections in an elderly man successfully treated using clonazepam [18]. | Kuhadiya ND | We already know from all previous literature before 2104 that SRPE can be treated successfully with clonazepam. |
12. [Diagnosis and management of sleep-related painful erections:A report of 9 cases] [19]. | Hu HB | Article in Chinese |
13. [Considerations on priapism] [20]. | Bai WJ | Irrelevant subject |
14. Improvement of Erection Related Incision Pain in Circumcision Patients using Interrupted Rapid Eye Movement Sleep: A Randomized Controlled Study [21]. | Dai AJ | Irrelevant subject |
15. Microcurrent as an adjunct therapy to accelerate chronic wound healing and reduce patient pain [22]. | Nair HKR | Irrelevant subject |
16. Sleep-related painful erection in a patient with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome [23]. | Zhang J | Case report showing association between SRPE and OSAS that was already stated by Ferré et al. in 2012 |