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ArticleFrontiers in surgery2018

Outcome of the "Manchester Groin Repair" (Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Approach With Fibrin Sealant Mesh Fixation) in 434 Consecutive Inguinal Hernia Repairs.

J James Pilkington, M Rami Obeidallah, M Saad Zahid, Panagiotis Stathakis, Ajith K Siriwardena, Saurabh Jamdar, Aali J Sheen

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Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J James PilkingtonDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
M Rami ObeidallahDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
M Saad ZahidDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Panagiotis StathakisDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Ajith K SiriwardenaDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Saurabh JamdarDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Aali J SheenDepartment of General Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Manchester Royal Infirmary · GBUniversity of Manchester · GBManchester Metropolitan University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

atraumatic mesh fixationchronic groin painFibrin sealantinguinal herniatotally extraperitoneal repair

Identifiers

PMID30280099
PMCPMC6153323
OpenAlexW2890899821

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Registered trials

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