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Trial reportWorld journal of surgery2007

Pneumatic dilatation or laparoscopic cardiomyotomy in the management of newly diagnosed idiopathic achalasia. Results of a randomized controlled trial.

S Kostic, A Kjellin, M Ruth, H Lönroth, E Johnsson, M Andersson, L Lundell

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Trial report in World journal of surgery, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

S KosticDepartment of General Surgery, Borås Central Hospital, Brämhultsvägen 53, S-501 82, Borås, Sweden. srdjan.kostic@vgregion.se
A Kjellin
M Ruth
H Lönroth
E Johnsson
M Andersson
L Lundell
Sahlgrenska University Hospital · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SEUniversity of Borås · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe most effective therapeutic strategy in newly diagnosed achalasia is yet to be established. Therefore we designed a study in which pneumatic dilatation was compared to laparoscopic cardiomyotomy to which was added a partial posterior fundoplication. PATIENTS AND

resultsA series of 51 patients (24 males, mean age 44 years) were randomly allocated to the therapeutic modalities (dilatation = 26, surgery = 25). All patients were followed for at least 12 months, and during that period the pneumatic dilatations strategy had significantly more treatment failures (P = 0.04). Only minor differences emerged between the study groups when symptoms, dysphagia scorings, and quality-of-life assessments were evaluated 12 months after initiation of therapy.

conclusionsLaparoscopic myotomy was found to be superior to an endoscopic balloon dilatation strategy in the treatment of achalasia when studied during the first 12 months after treatment.

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LaparoscopyAdolescentAdultAgedCardiaCatheterizationEsophageal AchalasiaFemaleFundoplicationHumansMaleManometryMiddle AgedQuality of LifeStatistics, NonparametricTreatment Failure

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PMID17308851
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