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ReviewGE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology

Biopsies in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: When and How.

Armando Peixoto, Marco Silva, Pedro Pereira, Guilherme Macedo

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Review in GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Robotic Autonomy for Magnetic Endoscope Biopsy.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2022
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Armando PeixotoGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Marco SilvaGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro PereiraGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Guilherme MacedoGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Hospital de São João · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal endoscopy and the acquisition of tissue samples are essential for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases of the digestive system. However, given the differences between the recommendations and the clinical practice, the inexorable increase of requests for endoscopic examinations and the financial burden associated with it, it is crucial that we concentrate on the challenge that endoscopic biopsies represent. In this review we describe the available evidence in the literature, including the more recent published guidelines, on when or not to perform endoscopic biopsies in upper and lower endoscopy, focusing on the precise diagnosis of the most common gastrointestinal diseases that motivate endoscopic examinations and on the rational use of available resources without compromising proper management of patients.

Indexed as

BiopsyEndoscopy, Gastrointestinal

Identifiers

PMID28868426
PMCPMC5580003
OpenAlexW1876762629

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