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ArticleJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2020

Does Saving Uterus Save Ovaries?

Suvarna Khadilkar

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Article in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Acute Type A Aortic Dissection and Late Pregnancy: What Should We Do?Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Suvarna KhadilkarMumbai, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian function after hysterectomy is a subject of much controversy since many years. There is increasing awareness among gynecologists that the ovaries need to be spared at hysterectomy for benign conditions. However the awareness is limited, and many practitioners believe in removal of ovaries at hysterectomy. Removal of ovaries will save lives of patients at risk of developing ovarian cancer. But it will be unnecessary for low-risk women and will in fact endanger their lives by increasing cardiac risks. Recent data suggest that ovarian epithelial cancer arises from tubal epithelium, which adds new option of performing only salpingectomy and sparing ovaries, which will serve dual purpose of preventing ovarian cancer and continuing productive function of ovaries. Reproductive function is lost with hysterectomy. But it may be worth looking at impact of hysterectomy on productive function of ovaries. This editorial will focus on this issue and look at evidence on effects of other gynecological procedures on ovarian function.

Identifiers

PMID32255946
PMCPMC7109202
OpenAlexW3012343074

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