Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36288970›Full record

ArticleThe journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research2023

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgery for benign diseases in gynecology: A nationwide survey by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Hiroaki Komatsu, Satoshi Nakagawa, Wataru Yamagami, Hideto Yamada, Susumu Miyashita, Kiyoshi Yoshino, Kei Kawana, Hiroaki Shibahara, Toshio Hamatani, Daisuke Aoki

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

10 authors.

Hiroaki KomatsuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4507-6848
Satoshi NakagawaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Osaka University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Wataru YamagamiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-6057
Hideto YamadaCenter for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9839-2214
Susumu MiyashitaDepartment of Obstetrics, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Miyagi, Japan.
Kiyoshi YoshinoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-5215
Kei KawanaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroaki ShibaharaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine Hyogo Medical University Nishinomiya, Japan.
Toshio HamataniDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Daisuke AokiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aimed to clarify the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on gynecology practice in Japan, in particular, on surgeries for benign gynecological diseases.

methodsAn online questionnaire was distributed to 966 facilities in Japan, including core facilities, facilities participating in perinatal and gynecologic oncology registries, and facilities certified for training by the Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Endoscopy. The number of surgeries performed was compared between 2019 and 2020, when the novel coronavirus disease was prevalent.

resultsFive hundred and eighty (58.2%) facilities responded. The total number of surgeries decreased from 129 648 in 2019 to 118 565 in 2020, by 8.5%, for all surgical procedures. However, there was a clear increase in the number of robotic surgeries performed in 2020 compared to that in 2019 for all populations. The number of total hysterectomies decreased markedly from 15 385 in 2019 to 12 531 in 2020, a fall of 10.1%.

conclusionsThe number of surgeries for benign gynecological diseases decreased by 8.5% in 2020 compared to that in 2019. This value is among the lowest in the world.

Indexed as

COVID-19Genital Diseases, FemaleGynecologyObstetricsFemaleHumansJapanPandemicsPregnancySurveys and Questionnairesbenign neoplasmCOVID-19gynecologic surgerygynecologysurvey

Identifiers

PMID36288970
PMCPMC9875113

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.