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ArticleGE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology2018

Pelvic Catastrophe after Elastic Band Ligation in an Irradiated Rectum.

Inês Pita, Pedro Bastos, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro

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Article in GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Inês PitaServiço de Gastroenterologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro BastosServiço de Gastroenterologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, Porto, Portugal.
Mário Dinis-RibeiroServiço de Gastroenterologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, Porto, Portugal.
IPO Porto · PTInstituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic radiation proctopathy is a frequent complication after both pelvic external radiation therapy and brachytherapy and most commonly presents as rectal bleeding. Deep rectal ulcers and fistulae are much rarer and more clinically challenging consequences. We present the case of a 72-year-old male with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma treated with brachytherapy, who was referred to our institution due to a deep painful rectal ulcer refractory to medical treatment. The ulcer presented shortly after a haemorrhoid elastic band ligation and progressed to rectourethral fistulisation despite both faecal and urinary diversion. Our case demonstrates the importance of favouring a conservative approach when dealing with an irradiated rectum.

Indexed as

BrachytherapyRadiation proctitisRectal fistulaeRectal ulcer

Identifiers

PMID29457050
PMCPMC5806161
OpenAlexW2724769207

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