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ReviewFrontiers in surgery2024

Utero-ovarian transposition before pelvic radiation in a patient with rectal cancer: a case report and systemic literature review.

Daniela Huber, Colin Simonson, Ian Fournier, Irma Dischl-Antonioni, Francisco Javier Pena Rios, Isaline Francey, Anna Surbone, Yannick Hurni

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Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cancer and fertility management: FIGO best practice advice.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniela HuberDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Colin SimonsonDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Ian FournierDepartment of General Surgery, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Irma Dischl-AntonioniDepartment of Oncology, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Francisco Javier Pena RiosDepartment of Radio-Oncology, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Isaline FranceyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Anna SurboneFertility Medicine and Gynaecologic Endocrinology Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yannick HurniDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
Hôpital du Valais · CHUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To describe a case of utero-ovarian transposition (UOT) before pelvic radiation in a patient with rectal cancer and provide a systematic literature review on all reported cases of UOT. Methods: We performed a prospective collection and revision of clinical, intraoperative, and postoperative data from a patient who underwent UOT. In addition, a systematic review of the literature available to date on all cases of UOT was realized, and 14 patients from 10 articles were included. Results: We reported the case of a 28-year-old nulligravida patient who was diagnosed with a low-grade rectal adenocarcinoma and underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, followed by transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME). Before starting neoadjuvant oncological therapies, the patient underwent laparoscopic UOT. The intervention was performed without complications, and the patient received neoadjuvant oncological treatments as planned. TaTME and uterus repositioning were completed six weeks after the end of radiotherapy. No complications were observed during the first 9 postoperative months. Adequate utero-ovarian perfusion was assessed by Doppler ultrasound, cervicovaginal anastomosis appeared to have healed correctly, and the patient experienced menstrual bleeding. Data from the literature review of all reported cases of UOT were presented and discussed. Conclusions: UOT represents a valuable option to preserve fertility in patients requiring pelvic radiotherapy. This study provides additional evidence on the feasibility and safety of performing UOT.

Indexed as

fertility preservationfertility sparing surgeryovarian transpositionpelvic radiotherapyrectal canceruterine transposition

Identifiers

PMID38468868
PMCPMC10925680
OpenAlexW4392161938

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