Evidence Base Medicine in Urology

The American Urological Association Board of Directors established a Practice Guidelines Committee in 1989 to provide evidenced base guidelines for the various subspecialties to aid in clinical decision making. 1 American Urological Association. History of the AUA. Accessed July 2022 . 〈https://www.aua.net.org/about-the-history-of-the-aua〉. Google Scholar In 2008 this process was updated to the now established more rigorous practice of having a panel of experts develop practice guidelines based on systematic review and meta-analysis of available evidence followed by an external review process. 2 Faraday M. Hubbard H. Kosiak B. Domochowski R. Staying at the cutting edge: a review and analysis of evidence reporting and grading; the recommendations of the American Urological Association. BJU Int. 2009; 104: 294-297 Crossref PubMed Scopus (38) Google Scholar An excellent review of the current AUA guidelines through 2021 was recently published. 3 Du C. Harandi A.A. Hwang K. Hill J. Adler H.L. Analysis of the AUA guidelines: strength of evidence correlates with recommendation levels. Urol Pract. 2023; 10: 116-121 Crossref PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar