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ReviewSeminars in interventional radiology2016

Choledocholithiasis: Evaluation, Treatment, and Outcomes.

Christopher Molvar, Bryan Glaenzer

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Review in Seminars in interventional radiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

2 authors.

Christopher MolvarDepartment of Radiology, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
Bryan GlaenzerDepartment of Radiology, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Choledocholithiasis occurs in up to approximately 20% of patients with cholelithiasis. A majority of stones form in the gallbladder and then pass into the common bile duct, where they generate symptoms, due to biliary obstruction. Confirmatory diagnosis of choledocholithiasis is made with advanced imaging, including magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Treatment varies locally; however, ERCP with sphincterotomy is most commonly employed with a high degree of success. Difficult anatomy and difficult stone burden require advanced surgical, endoscopic, and percutaneous techniques to extract or expel biliary stones. Knowledge of these treatment strategies will optimize outcomes.

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choledocholithiasisdiagnosisendoscopyinterventional radiologypercutaneoustreatment

Identifiers

PMID27904245
PMCPMC5088099

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