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Trial reportJournal of ovarian research2024

A randomized controlled trial to compare short-term outcomes following infragastric and infracolic omentectomy at the time of primary debulking surgery for epithelial ovarian cancer with normal-appearing omentum.

Xuhui Dong, Lei Yuan, Ruoyao Zou, Liangqing Yao

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of ovarian research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Causal inference in the diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer: current state and future directions.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xuhui Dong *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Lei Yuan *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, 128 Shenyang Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Ruoyao ZouDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, 128 Shenyang Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Liangqing YaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, 318 Renmin Middle Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. yaoliangqing@163.com.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CNShanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOmentectomy is an important procedure in surgery for epithelial ovarian cancer, but the scope of omentectomy is not recommended in the guidelines. This study was performed to evaluate the benefits and risks of infragastric omentectomy in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.

methodsThis trial is a single center prospective study. Primary epithelial ovarian cancer patients with normal-appearing omentum were randomly assigned to either the control or experimental group and underwent infracolic or infragastric omentectomy, respectively. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival. This trial is registered on Chinese clinical trial registry site (ChiCTR1800018771).

resultsA total of 106 patients meeting the inclusion criteria for ovarian cancer were included during the study period. Of these, 53 patients underwent infracolic omentectomy, whereas 53 patients received infragastric omentectomy. Multivariate analysis revealed that infragastric omentectomy could improve the detection rate of omental metastases (OR: 6.519, P = 0.005). Infragastric omentectomy improved progression-free survival significantly for those cases with higher than stage IIB disease (HR: 0.456, P = 0.041). Based on the short-term results, infragastric omentectomy did not cause more perioperative complications.

conclusionsCompared with infracolic omentectomy, infragrastric omentectomy may be a more appropriate surgical procedure for stage IIB-IIIC epithelial ovarian cancer patients with normal-appearing omentum.

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OmentumOvarian NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCytoreduction Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansNeoplasm StagingProspective StudiesEpithelial ovarian cancerInfracolic omentectomyInfragrastric omentectomyOmental metastasesShort-term outcomes

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PMID38641834
PMCPMC11027406
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