Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27621750›Full record

ArticleKorean journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2016

Cosmetic selection of skin incision for resection of choledochal cyst in young female patients.

Shin Hwang, Jong-Woo Choi, Tae-Yong Ha, Gi-Won Song, Dong-Hwan Jung

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Korean journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 85% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shin HwangDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jong-Woo ChoiDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Tae-Yong HaDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Gi-Won SongDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Dong-Hwan JungDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Asan Medical Center · KRUlsan College · KRUniversity of Ulsan · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUNDS/

aimsOpen surgery for choledochal cyst has a disadvantage of skin incision scar from operative wound, which can be a definite disadvantage especially in young female patients. This study focused on the cosmetic aspect of skin incision for resection of choledochal cyst in young female patients.

methodsDuring a 2-year study period, 11 adult female patients aged less than 40 years underwent primary resection of choledochal cyst by a single surgeon. The cosmetic effect of two types of skin incision was evaluated.

resultsThe patients underwent mini-laparotomy through either a right subcostal incision (n=8) or an upper midline incision (n=3). The mean length of skin incision was 10 cm for right subcostal incisions and 9 cm for upper midline incisions. It took approximately 1 hour to repair the operative wound meticulously in both groups. At the 6 month to 1 year follow-up, a slight bulge on the skin scar was observed in 3 (37.5%) patients of the right subcostal incision group and 1 (33.3%) patient of the upper midline incision group.

conclusionsThe results of this preliminary study support the claim that cosmetic effect of the upper midline incision for CCD surgery appears to be non-inferior to that of the right subcostal incision if the incision is placed accurately and repaired very meticulously.

Indexed as

Choledochal cystCosmeticsSkin incisionUpper midline incisionYoung female

Identifiers

PMID27621750
PMCPMC5018951
OpenAlexW2517754169

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.