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ArticleFertility and sterility2018

Pros and cons of robotic microsurgery as an appropriate approach to male reproductive surgery for vasectomy reversal and varicocele repair.

Peter Chan, Sijo J Parekattil, Marc Goldstein, Larry I Lipshultz, Parviz Kavoussi, Andrew McCullough, Mark Sigman

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter ChanMale Reproductive Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Urology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Sijo J ParekattilSouth Lake Hospital, Orlando Health & University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Marc GoldsteinDepartment of Reproductive Medicine and Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
Larry I LipshultzDivision of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Parviz KavoussiAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine, Austin, Texas.
Andrew McCulloughLahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Mark SigmanDivision of Urology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Lifespan, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: mark_sigman@brown.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USBrown University · USLahey Hospital and Medical Center · USMcGill University · CANew York Hospital Queens · USOrlando Health · USTexas Fertility Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cost-Benefit AnalysisHumansMaleMicrosurgeryRobotic Surgical ProceduresSterilization ReversalTreatment OutcomeVaricoceleVasectomyVasovasostomy

Identifiers

PMID30316417
OpenAlexW2896339495

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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