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ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2011

Surgical approaches to the treatment of obesity.

John B Dixon, Nora E Straznicky, Elisabeth A Lambert, Markus P Schlaich, Gavin W Lambert

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Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing 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

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. The Skeletal Consequences of Bariatric Surgery.Current osteoporosis reports · 2020
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  14. Vitamin D alteration associated with obesity and bariatric surgery.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2017
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  17. Type 2 Diabetes in the Elderly: Challenges in a Unique Patient Population.Journal of geriatric medicine and gerontology · 2016
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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

5 authors.

John B DixonBaker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, PO Box 6492 St. Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia. john.dixon@bakeridi.edu.au
Nora E Straznicky
Elisabeth A Lambert
Markus P Schlaich
Gavin W Lambert

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bariatric surgery, through its efficacy and improved safety, is emerging as an important and broadly available treatment for people with severe and complex obesity that has not responded adequately to other therapy. Established procedures, such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding, account for more than 80% of bariatric surgical procedures globally. Sleeve gastrectomy has emerged as a stand-alone procedure. Truly malabsoptive procedures, such as biliopancreatic diversion and its duodenal switch variant, have a diminishing role as primary procedures, but remain an option for patients who do not respond adequately to less disruptive procedures. The procedures vary considerably in their postoperative morbidity and mortality; pattern and extent of weight loss; nature and severity of long-term complications; and nutritional requirements and risks. There is no perfect procedure--an informed risk and benefit assessment should be made by each patient. Gastroenterologists also need to be familiar with the risks and benefits of current and emerging procedures as they are likely to be increasingly involved in the integrated care of these patients.

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Bariatric SurgeryGastrectomyGastric BypassHumansObesityRisk AssessmentTreatment Outcome

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