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ReviewJournal of minimal access surgery

Current status of mini-gastric bypass.

Kamal K Mahawar, Parveen Kumar, William Rj Carr, Neil Jennings, Norbert Schroeder, Shlok Balupuri, Peter K Small

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Review in Journal of minimal access surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. MINI-GASTRIC BYPASS: DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNIQUE AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery
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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

7 authors.

Kamal K MahawarBariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
Parveen KumarDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia.
William Rj CarrBariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
Neil JenningsBariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
Norbert SchroederBariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
Shlok BalupuriBariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
Peter K SmallBariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mini-gastric bypass (MGP) is a promising bariatric procedure. Tens of thousands of this procedure have been performed throughout the world since Rutledge performed the first procedure in the United States of America in 1997. Several thousands of these have even been documented in the published scientific literature. Despite a proven track record over nearly two decades, this operation continues to polarise the bariatric community. A large number of surgeons across the world have strong objections to this procedure and do not perform it. The risk of symptomatic (bile) reflux, marginal ulceration, severe malnutrition, and long-term risk of gastric and oesophageal cancers are some of the commonly voiced concerns. Despite these expressed fears, several advantages such as technical simplicity, shorter learning curve, ease of revision and reversal, non-inferior weight loss and comorbidity resolution outcomes have prompted some surgeons to advocate a wider adoption of this procedure. This review examines the current status of these controversial aspects in the light of the published academic literature in English.

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PMID27251826
PMCPMC5022508

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