Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30421067›Full record

ReviewDer Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen2019

[Appendectomy: open versus laparoscopic versus single port : Evidence for choice of surgical procedure].

Sven Förster, Jörn Bernhardt, Kaja Ludwig

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Review in Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Sven FörsterKlinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral‑, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Klinikum Südstadt, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Deutschland. sven.foerster@kliniksued-rostock.de.
Jörn BernhardtKlinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral‑, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Klinikum Südstadt, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Deutschland.
Kaja LudwigKlinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral‑, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Klinikum Südstadt, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Deutschland.
Klinikum Südstadt Rostock · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of choice in acute appendicitis is still the surgical removal of an inflamed vermiform appendix. There is still some disagreement regarding the optimal access route, i.e. conventional open or minimally invasive. The best available evidence is used to answer the question of the current optimal choice of procedure. For laparoscopic appendectomy there are evidence-based benefits in terms of access trauma, postoperative pain, wound infection rates and convalescence. For the alternative minimally invasive procedure single port appendectomy, mini-laparoscopic appendectomy or NOTES appendectomy, there is still a lack of scientific evidence to advocate the broad clinical use of these procedures. It is recommended that whenever the infrastructure permits, laparoscopic appendectomy should be the treatment of choice.

Indexed as

AppendectomyAppendicitisLaparoscopyAcute DiseaseHumansTreatment OutcomeAppendectomyAppendicitisComplicationsNOTESSurgical procedures

Identifiers

PMID30421067
OpenAlexW2900613341

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Registered trials

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