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ArticleFertility and sterility2014

We need a prospective varicocelectomy trial.

J C Trussell, Dana A Ohl, Stephen A Krawetz, Peter J Snyder, Alex J Polotsky, Pasquale Patrizio, Gregory M Christman, Reproductive Medicine Network

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Limitations and opportunities in male fertility databases.Translational andrology and urology · 2018
    Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

J C TrussellDepartment of Urology, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, New York.
Dana A OhlDivision of Sexual and Reproductive Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Stephen A KrawetzDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Peter J SnyderDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alex J PolotskyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado, Denver Colorado.
Pasquale PatrizioDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Gregory M ChristmanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Reproductive Medicine Network
University of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUpstate University Hospital · USWayne State University · USYale University · US

Funding

Data Coordination Center for the RMNU10HD055925 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, HEPING · 2007 to 2019
$39.2M
COOPERATIVE MULTICENTER REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE NETWORKU10HD027049 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COUTIFARIS, CHRISTOS · 1990 to 2017
$5.2M
GHSU/WSU Cooperative Reproductive Medicine NetworkU10HD039005 · NICHD · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL PETER · 2000 to 2017
$5.2M
COOPERATIVE MULTICENTER REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE NETWORKU10HD038992 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LEGRO, RICHARD S. · 2000 to 2017
$5.0M
Cooperative Multicenter Reproductive Medicine Network (U10)U10HD055936 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SMITH, YOLANDA R · 2007 to 2014
$2.1M
NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD027049NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD038992NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD039005NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD055925NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD055936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

FertilityResearch DesignUrologic Surgical Procedures, MaleAttitude of Health PersonnelEvidence-Based MedicineHealth Care SurveysHumansInfertility, MaleMalePractice Patterns, Physicians'Prospective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVaricocele

Identifiers

PMID24726225
PMCPMC4052753
OpenAlexW1998817615

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.