Evidence map›Paper›PMID 15851444›Full record

ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2005

Minimally invasive surgery.

B Jaffray

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Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing 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

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Enhancing ultrasound augmentation of laparoscopic video using hybrid electromagnetic-ArUco tracking.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026
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  6. An intuitive guidewire control mechanism for robotic intervention.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
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  12. Contrast-Enhanced Imaging of Histotripsy Bubble Clouds Using Chirp-Coded Excitation and Volterra Filtering.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2023
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  19. MR-Conditional SMA-Based Origami Joint.IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics : a joint publication of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division · 2019
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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

1 author.

B JaffrayDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK. bruce.jaffray@ncl.ac.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 1987 Mouret performed the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy, starting a revolution in surgery. For paediatricians it is difficult to appreciate the magnitude of what has occurred in this short period. The development of minimal access techniques represents the most significant change in surgical practice since the introduction of aseptic technique or safe anaesthesia. As with many innovations, rapid change, technical language, and the evangelism of pioneers has left confusion in its wake.

Indexed as

Biliary Tract DiseasesChildDiaphragmGastrointestinal DiseasesHerniorrhaphyHumansLiver DiseasesMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsUrologic Diseases

Identifiers

PMID15851444
PMCPMC1720379

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Registered trials

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