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ReviewCureus2021

The Role of Laparoscopic Surgery in the Treatment of Advanced Uterine Prolapse: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Argirios Rountis, Dimitris Zacharakis, Stavros Athanasiou, Nikolaos Kathopoulis, Themos Grigoriadis

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Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Uterine prolapse in a term pregnancy: A case report.Case reports in women's health · 2024
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  4. Review
  5. Article
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Argirios RountisObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Dimitris ZacharakisUrogynecology Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Stavros AthanasiouUrogynecology Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Nikolaos KathopoulisMinimally Invasive Surgery Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Themos GrigoriadisUrogynecology Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAlexandra Hospital · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this review is to investigate and compare all laparoscopic techniques that can be used in the surgical repair of advanced uterine prolapse. A systematic search of the PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Clinicaltrials.gov databases was performed for articles published up to December 2020, reporting data on the treatment of severe uterine prolapse using laparoscopic procedures. Only studies in the English language, with a patient sample of ≥20 and a follow-up time of ≥12 months were included. The final synthesis of this review consisted of six studies. The main laparoscopic procedures reported were vaginally assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy, vaginally assisted laparoscopic uterine sacropexy, laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, laparoscopic inguinal ligament suspension with uterine preservation, and laparoscopic uterosacral ligament suspension combined with trachelectomy. All procedures involved mesh placement, except for laparoscopic uterosacral ligament suspension. All procedures reported anatomical cure rates > 90%. Vaginally assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy had the largest amount of intraoperative blood loss whilst vaginally assisted laparoscopic uterine sacropexy was associated with bladder injuries intraoperatively. All vaginally assisted procedures reported cases of mesh extrusion postoperatively. Laparoscopic inguinal ligament suspension was the operation with the longest mean operative and hospitalization time. Conversions were not reported. The present study shows that minimally invasive surgery can be used efficiently as an alternative to open surgery in the treatment of severe uterine prolapse.

Indexed as

advanced pelvic organ prolapselaparoscopic surgerylaparoscopysevere pelvic organ prolapseuterine prolapse

Identifiers

PMID34722059
PMCPMC8544914
OpenAlexW3204604075

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