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ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2016

Role of laparoscopy in hepatobiliary malignancies.

Prabhu Arumugam, Vickna Balarajah, Jennifer Watt, Ajit T Abraham, Satyajit Bhattacharya, Hemant M Kocher

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Review in The Indian journal of medical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Prabhu ArumugamCentre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute - a CR-UK Centre of Excellence, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square; Barts & the London HPB Centre, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Vickna BalarajahBarts & the London HPB Centre, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Jennifer WattCentre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute - a CR-UK Centre of Excellence, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square; Barts & the London HPB Centre, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Ajit T AbrahamBarts & the London HPB Centre, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Satyajit BhattacharyaBarts & the London HPB Centre, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Hemant M KocherCentre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute - a CR-UK Centre of Excellence, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square; Barts & the London HPB Centre, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Queen Mary University of London · GBRoyal London Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The many benefits of laparoscopy, including smaller incision, reduced length of hospital stay and more rapid return to normal function, have seen its popularity grow in recent years. With concurrent improvements in non-surgical cancer management the importance of accurate staging is becoming increasingly important. There are two main applications of laparoscopic surgery in managing hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) malignancy: accurate staging of disease and resection. We aim to summarize the use of laparoscopy in these contexts. The role of staging laparoscopy has become routine in certain cancers, in particular T[2] staged, locally advanced gastric cancer, hilar cholangiocarcinoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. For other cancers, in particular colorectal, laparoscopy has now become the gold standard management for resection such that there is no role for stand-alone staging laparoscopy. In HPB cancers, although staging laparoscopy may play a role, with ever improving radiology, its role remains controversial.

Indexed as

LaparoscopyBiliary Tract NeoplasmsHumansKlatskin TumorLymphoma, Non-HodgkinNeoplasm StagingStomach Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID27377496
PMCPMC4928546
OpenAlexW2473663777

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