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ArticleJournal of visualized surgery2017

Subxiphoid single incision thoracoscopic surgery approach for thymectomy: a case report.

Jay Karunanantham, Matthew Fok, Jason M Ali, Adam Peryt, Aman Coonar, Giuseppe Aresu

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Article in Journal of visualized surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Subxiphoid pneumonectomy: the new frontier?Journal of thoracic disease · 2018
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jay KarunananthamDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Matthew FokDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Jason M AliDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Adam PerytDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Aman CoonarDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Giuseppe AresuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thoracic surgery is rapidly evolving with minimally invasive strategies now dominating. Thymectomy has traditionally been performed through a sternotomy, but more recently video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approaches have become increasingly popular. To further minimise surgical impact, the uniportal subxiphoid VATS technique has recently been described, using a muscle sparing incision that avoids intercostal nerve injury. A potential advantage that makes this approach particularly suited to thymectomy includes the ability to access both sides of the chest with a single incision. There is also the potential for reduced post-operative pain and chronic thoracostomy neuralgia. Here we describe the management of a patient with thymoma, reporting our procedure and technique for performing uniportal subxiphoid VATS thymectomy.

Indexed as

single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS)single incision thoracoscopic surgerysubxiphoidThymectomyuniportalvideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Identifiers

PMID29302423
PMCPMC5676116
OpenAlexW2765386375

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Registered trials

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