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ReviewJournal of human reproductive sciences

Insight into Different Aspects of Surrogacy Practices.

Nayana Hitesh Patel, Yuvraj Digvijaysingh Jadeja, Harsha Karsan Bhadarka, Molina Niket Patel, Niket Hitesh Patel, Nilofar Rahematkhan Sodagar

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Review in Journal of human reproductive sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in pregnancy: a narrative review.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024
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  15. Commercial Surrogacy: An Overview.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022
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  19. Attitude of Jordanian Health Care Workers Toward Surrogacy.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nayana Hitesh PatelDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, A Unit of Sat Kaival Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lambhvel, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Yuvraj Digvijaysingh JadejaDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, A Unit of Sat Kaival Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lambhvel, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Harsha Karsan BhadarkaDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, A Unit of Sat Kaival Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lambhvel, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Molina Niket PatelDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, A Unit of Sat Kaival Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lambhvel, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Niket Hitesh PatelDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, A Unit of Sat Kaival Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lambhvel, Anand, Gujarat, India.
Nilofar Rahematkhan SodagarResearch and Development Unit, Sat Kaival Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lambhvel, Anand, Gujarat, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surrogacy is an important method of assisted reproductive technology wherein a woman carries pregnancy for another couple. Number of couples around the world require surrogacy services for various reasons. Although this arrangement seems to be beneficial for all parties concerned, there are complex social, ethical, moral, and legal issues associated with it. It is these complexities that have made this practice unpopular in many parts of the world. Surrogacy in India has had its own journey from India becoming popular as a surrogacy center since 2002 to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, which would restrict the option of surrogacy for many. Surrogacy is an important medical service for all those couples who would otherwise not have been able to produce a child. Surrogacy would be practiced harmoniously if delicate issues associated with surrogacy will be addressed properly through appropriately framed laws which would protect the rights of surrogate mothers, intended parents, and child born through surrogacy.

Indexed as

Assisted reproductiongestational carrierintended parentinternational scenario on surrogacysurrogacysurrogate mother

Identifiers

PMID30568349
PMCPMC6262674

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