Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25253944›Full record

ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Improving the outcomes in oncological colorectal surgery.

Jeroen L A van Vugt, Kostan W Reisinger, Joep P M Derikx, Djamila Boerma, Jan H M B Stoot

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeroen L A van VugtJeroen LA van Vugt, Djamila Boerma, Department of Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
Kostan W ReisingerJeroen LA van Vugt, Djamila Boerma, Department of Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
Joep P M DerikxJeroen LA van Vugt, Djamila Boerma, Department of Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
Djamila BoermaJeroen LA van Vugt, Djamila Boerma, Department of Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
Jan H M B StootJeroen LA van Vugt, Djamila Boerma, Department of Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
St. Antonius Ziekenhuis · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the last several decades, colorectal cancer surgery has experienced some major perioperative improvements. Preoperative risk-assessment of nutrition, frailty, and sarcopenia followed by interventions for patient optimization or an adapted surgical strategy, contributed to improved postoperative outcomes. Enhanced recovery programs or fast-track surgery also resulted in reduced length of hospital stay and overall complications without affecting patient safety. After an initially indecisive start due to uncertainty about oncological safety, the most significant improvement in intraoperative care was the introduction of laparoscopy. Laparoscopic surgery for colon and rectal cancer is associated with better short-term outcomes, whereas long-term outcomes regarding survival and recurrence rates are comparable. Nevertheless, long-term results in rectal surgery remain to be seen. Early recognition of anastomotic leakage remains a challenge, though multiple improvements have allowed better management of this complication.

Indexed as

ColectomyLaparoscopyQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareColorectal NeoplasmsComorbidityHealth StatusHumansPerioperative CarePostoperative ComplicationsRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeAnastomotic leakageAuditsColorectal surgeryEnhanced recovery after surgeryFrailtyLaparoscopic surgeryNutritional statusSarcopenia

Identifiers

PMID25253944
PMCPMC4168077
OpenAlexW2022655126

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Registered trials

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