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ReviewJournal of the anus, rectum and colon2022

Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) and Rectal Prolapse.

Yukihiro Hamahata, Kazunari Akagi, Takahumi Maeda, Kazuhiko Nemoto, Junichi Koike

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Review in Journal of the anus, rectum and colon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Co-existent Uterovaginal and Rectal Prolapse Management: A Case Series.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Yukihiro HamahataDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Japan.
Kazunari AkagiDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Japan.
Takahumi MaedaDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Japan.
Kazuhiko NemotoDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Japan.
Junichi KoikeDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Japan.
Taoka Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a condition wherein one or more of the organs in the pelvis slip down from their original position and protrude into the vagina. Pelvic organ prolapse surgery has increased in the urogynecological field due to higher aging society. POP patients often suffer from bowel dysfunction, such as difficulty of bowel movements and the need to strain or push on the vagina to have a bowel movement. Rectocele is often treated with the same method used for POP, but sometimes it is treated transanally. In the transabdominal approach, the vagina is divided from the rectum, and the mesh is fixed between the vagina and rectum. On the other hand, rectal prolapse is a condition wherein the rectum slips down from its original position and protrudes from the anus. Like POP surgery, rectal prolapse has been treated laparoscopically. Even though the protruding position is different, both are pelvic conditions, and the concept of treatment is similar. Recently, POP and rectal prolapse have been diagnosed at the same time, and sometimes these diseases have been treated together. In the higher aging society, incidences of POP and rectal prolapse will increase, and both will have greater chance to be treated. Although POP is a urogynecological disease, coloproctologists need to know the bowel dysfunction in order to treat POP.

Indexed as

pelvic organ prolapse (POP)rectal prolapse

Identifiers

PMID35572489
PMCPMC9045854
OpenAlexW4224942309

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