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ArticleWideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques2018

Laparoscopic management of abdominal pseudocyst following ventriculoperitoneal shunt implantation in hydrocephalus.

Maciej Sebastian, Agata Sebastian, Maciej Sroczyński, Jerzy Rudnicki

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Article in Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Management of sterile abdominal pseudocysts in the context of ventriculoperitoneal shunts: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  5. Abdominal complications in patients with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: proposal for management recommendations from a single pediatric tertiary center.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maciej SebastianDepartment of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Proctology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Agata SebastianDepartment of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Maciej SroczyńskiDepartment of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Proctology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Jerzy RudnickiDepartment of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Proctology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Wroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal pseudocyst (AP) is quite a rare complication after ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Laparoscopy is an alternative method to open surgery with well-known advantages. There are not many reports of using laparoscopy to treat this condition and existing algorithms are based on small groups of patients; thus every case would give an additional insight into the treatment of this complication. A 37-year-old male patient with a history of VPS presented with headache, nausea and upper abdominal pain. Computed tomography of the abdominal cavity revealed a cyst in the left upper quadrant. After the ultrasound-guided percutaneous drainage the patient was qualified for laparoscopy. The cyst was removed laparoscopically under guidance of laparoscopic ultrasound. The patient recovered uneventfully with very good general and cosmetic results. In the follow-up period of 3 months we have not observed any abdominal or general health problems.

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computed tomographylaparoscopypseudocystultrasoundventriculoperitoneal shunt

Identifiers

PMID30002761
PMCPMC6041582
OpenAlexW2792916373

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