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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2024

Surgery and minimally invasive treatments for uterine fibroids.

Monica Krishnan, Brenda Narice, Ying C Cheong, M A Lumsden, Jane P Daniels, Martha Hickey, Janesh K Gupta, Mostafa Metwally

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Pharmacological treatment for uterine fibroids.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Monica KrishnanThe Jessop Wing and Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK.
Brenda NariceThe Jessop Wing and Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK.
Ying C CheongHuman Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
M A LumsdenDevelopmental Medicine, Reproductive & Maternal Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Jane P DanielsNottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Martha HickeyDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, The Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
Janesh K GuptaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Mostafa MetwallyThe Jessop Wing and Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of surgery and minimally invasive treatments for uterine fibroids.

Indexed as

LeiomyomaUterine NeoplasmsFemaleHumansHysterectomyMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicUterine Myomectomy

Identifiers

PMID39804114
PMCPMC11152210

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