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ArticleEuropean journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery2015

Single port video-assisted thoracic surgery: advancing scope technology.

Calvin S H Ng, Randolph H L Wong, Rainbow W H Lau, Anthony P C Yim

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Article in European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Thoracic surgery in Hong Kong.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022
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  11. Single port VATS: recent developments in Asia.Journal of thoracic disease · 2016
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  13. A novel narrow profile articulating powered vascular stapler provides superior access and haemostasis equivalent to conventional devices†.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2016
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  14. Thoracoscopic sleeve resection-the better approach?Journal of thoracic disease · 2014
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  15. Single-port thoracic surgery: a new direction.The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Calvin S H NgDepartment of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China calvinng@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk.
Randolph H L WongDepartment of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
Rainbow W H LauDepartment of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
Anthony P C YimDepartment of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

HumansMalePneumonectomyThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedFlexible video endoscopeMagnetic anchoring and guidance systemSingle portVideo-assisted thoracic surgery

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PMID25038942

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