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ReviewPediatric surgery international2014

Surgical treatment of infantile achalasia: a case report and literature review.

Y Li, S C Fallon, M A Helmrath, M Gilger, M L Brandt

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Review in Pediatric surgery international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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.

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y LiDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin Street Suite 1210, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
S C Fallon
M A Helmrath
M Gilger
M L Brandt
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allgrove syndrome is a rare genetic disorder typically manifested by alacrima, achalasia, and adrenal insufficiency, and is one of the rare causes of achalasia in infants. While the gold standard for achalasia treatment in adults is an esophageal myotomy with fundoplication, a standard treatment for infantile achalasia remains undetermined due to the low number of reported cases and rarity of the disease in this age group. We report a 7.7 kg infant with achalasia secondary to Allgrove syndrome who was successfully treated by Heller myotomy and simultaneous Toupet fundoplication. This case represents one of the smallest patients to ever be treated for achalasia and highlights the role that primary surgical therapy may have for the infantile variant of the disease.

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Adrenal InsufficiencyEsophageal AchalasiaFemaleFundoplicationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLaparoscopyRadiography

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PMID24668180
OpenAlexW2059482605

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