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ArticleBMJ open quality2023

Implementation of total laparoscopic hysterectomy as day case surgery.

Alistair Ward, Samantha Roberts, Naomi Harvey, Emily Dana, Charlotte Goumalatsou, Melanie Tipples

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Article in BMJ open quality, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Day-Case Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Successful Pilot in Regional New Zealand.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alistair WardGynaecology Department, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK alistair.ward@nhs.net.ORCID 0000-0003-1188-4414
Samantha RobertsGynaecology Department, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK.
Naomi HarveyGynaecology Department, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK.
Emily DanaGynaecology Department, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK.
Charlotte GoumalatsouGynaecology Department, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK.
Melanie TipplesGynaecology Department, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, UK.
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elective surgeries within the National Health Service are frequently cancelled due to shortages of inpatient beds due to acute emergency admissions, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this quality improvement project was to initiate a day case hysterectomy pathway, prospectively collecting data on a group of selected motivated patients to assess its feasibility and safety. Interventions to maximise the chance of same day discharge included preoperative education and hydration, alterations in anaesthetic and surgical techniques and collaborative working between surgeons and recovery nurses to safely discharge patients. In change cycle 1, 93% of patients were discharged on the same day as surgery. In change cycle 2, 100% of patients were discharged on the same day as surgery. In a patient questionnaire, 90% of patients would recommend a day case hysterectomy to their friends or family. Day case hysterectomy was safely introduced to our unit, through leaders actively encouraging contributions and feedback throughout the initiation of the pathway from different components of the multidisciplinary team, from conception to roll out of the guideline for use by other gynaecological surgical teams within the trust.

Indexed as

COVID-19LaparoscopyFemaleHumansHysterectomyPandemicsState MedicineLAPAROSCOPYLength of StayPatient DischargeQuality improvementWomen's health

Identifiers

PMID36941008
PMCPMC10030925
OpenAlexW4327937849

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