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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Technological Advancements in Male Infertility Microsurgery.

Nahid Punjani, Caroline Kang, Richard K Lee, Marc Goldstein, Philip S Li

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

5 authors.

Nahid PunjaniCenter for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2127-0483
Caroline KangCenter for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9942-5460
Richard K LeeDepartment of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Marc GoldsteinCenter for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Philip S LiCenter for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There have been significant advancements in male infertility microsurgery over time, and there continues to be significant promise for new and emerging techniques, technologies, and methodologies. In this review, we discuss the history of male infertility and the evolution of microsurgery, the essential role of education and training in male infertility microsurgery, and new technologies in this space. We also review the potentially important role of artificial intelligence (AI) in male infertility and microsurgery.

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artificial intelligencemale infertilitymicrosurgeryoperating microscope

Identifiers

PMID34575370
PMCPMC8471566

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