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ArticleEndoscopy international open2018

Cap-assisted colonoscopy: a meta-analysis of high-quality randomized controlled trials.

Venkat Nutalapati, Vijay Kanakadandi, Madhav Desai, Mojtaba Olyaee, Amit Rastogi

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Article in Endoscopy international open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Unlocking quality in endoscopic mucosal resection.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2023
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  10. Image enhanced colonoscopy: updates and prospects-a review.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2023
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  14. The Use of Attachment Devices to Aid in Adenoma Detection.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2020
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  15. Meta-analysis results in a 'cap' of confusion.Endoscopy international open · 2019
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  16. Cap-assisted endoscopy: Do we have enough evidence?Endoscopy international open · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Venkat NutalapatiDepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
Vijay KanakadandiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
Madhav DesaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
Mojtaba OlyaeeDepartment of Gastroenterology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
Amit RastogiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID30302379
PMCPMC6175690

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