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ReviewGE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology2018

Narrow-Band Imaging: Clinical Application in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Sandra Barbeiro, Diogo Libânio, Rui Castro, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Pedro Pimentel-Nunes

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In one paragraph

Review 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 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sandra BarbeiroDepartment of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
Diogo LibânioDepartment of Gastroenterology, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Rui CastroDepartment of Gastroenterology, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Mário Dinis-RibeiroDepartment of Gastroenterology, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro Pimentel-NunesDepartment of Gastroenterology, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
IPO Porto · PTInstituto Politécnico de Leiria · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Narrow-band imaging is an advanced imaging system that applies optic digital methods to enhance endoscopic images and improves visualization of the mucosal surface architecture and microvascular pattern. Narrow-band imaging use has been suggested to be an important adjunctive tool to white-light endoscopy to improve the detection of lesions in the digestive tract. Importantly, it also allows the distinction between benign and malignant lesions, targeting biopsies, prediction of the risk of invasive cancer, delimitation of resection margins, and identification of residual neoplasia in a scar. Thus, in expert hands it is a useful tool that enables the physician to decide on the best treatment (endoscopic or surgical) and management. Current evidence suggests that it should be used routinely for patients at increased risk for digestive neoplastic lesions and could become the standard of care in the near future, at least in referral centers. However, adequate training programs to promote the implementation of narrow-band imaging in daily clinical practice are needed. In this review, we summarize the current scientific evidence on the clinical usefulness of narrow-band imaging in the diagnosis and characterization of digestive tract lesions/cancers and describe the available classification systems.

Indexed as

Barrett esophagusChromoendoscopyColonic polypsEarly gastric cancerEndoscopic classificationsGastric intestinal metaplasiaNarrow-band imagingSquamous cell carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID30675503
PMCPMC6341367
OpenAlexW2794890806

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Registered trials

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