The Claim
In women undergoing open abdominal surgery for endometrial cancer, a rectus abdominis muscle thickness cut-off of 7.52 mm has a sensitivity of 54.2% and a specificity of 65.6% for predicting postoperative morbidity.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
For women having open abdominal surgery to treat endometrial cancer, a muscle thickness measurement of 7.52 mm in the rectus abdominis is used to estimate the likelihood of complications after surgery, but this threshold correctly identifies only about half of those who will have complications.
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In women undergoing open abdominal surgery for endometrial cancer, the rectus abdominis muscle thickness cut-off of 7.52 mm has a sensitivity of 54.2% and specificity of 65.6% for predicting postoperative morbidity, indicating limited diagnostic accuracy.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that if a woman’s abdominal muscle is thinner than 7.52 mm, it slightly helps predict if she might have problems after surgery — but it’s not very good at it on its own. This matches exactly what the claim says.
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