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ReviewInterface focus2019

Managing female pelvic floor disorders: a medical device review and appraisal.

Shelby A Powers, Lindsey K Burleson, Johanna L Hannan

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Review in Interface focus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Shelby A PowersDepartment of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Mailstop 634, Greenville, NC 27834-4354, USA.
Lindsey K BurlesonDepartment of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Mailstop 634, Greenville, NC 27834-4354, USA.
Johanna L HannanDepartment of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Mailstop 634, Greenville, NC 27834-4354, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8469-8105

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) will affect most women during their lifetime. Sequelae such as pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence, chronic pain and dyspareunia significantly impact overall quality of life. Interventions to manage or eliminate symptoms from PFDs aim to restore support of the pelvic floor. Pessaries have been used to mechanically counteract PFDs for thousands of years, but do not offer a cure. By contrast, surgically implanted grafts or mesh offer patients a more permanent resolution but have been in wide use within the pelvis for less than 30 years. In this perspective review, we provide an overview of the main theories underpinning PFD pathogenesis and the animal models used to investigate it. We highlight the clinical outcomes of mesh and grafts before exploring studies performed to elucidate tissue level effects and bioengineering considerations. Considering recent turmoil surrounding transvaginal mesh, the role of pessaries, an impermanent method, is examined as a means to address patients with PFDs.

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midurethral slingpelvic organ prolapsepessaryurinary incontinencevaginal mesh

Identifiers

PMID31263534
PMCPMC6597523

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