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ArticleJournal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A2019

Motivations of Males with Severe Obesity, Who Pursue Medical Weight Management or Bariatric Surgery.

Sally A Jolles, Esra Alagoz, Natalie Liu, Corrine I Voils, Grace Shea, Luke M Funk

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Determinants of Weight Loss and Regain in Men After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Retrospective Analysis.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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  13. Early-phase study of a telephone-based intervention to reduce weight regain among bariatric surgery patients.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sally A Jolles1 Department of Surgery, William S. Middleton Memorial VA, Madison, Wisconsin.
Esra Alagoz3 Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Group (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Natalie Liu3 Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Group (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Corrine I Voils2 Research Service, William S. Middleton Memorial VA, Madison, Wisconsin.
Grace Shea3 Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Group (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Luke M Funk1 Department of Surgery, William S. Middleton Memorial VA, Madison, Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

UW Surgical Oncology Research Training Program (UW-SORT)T32CA090217 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Muhammed Murtaza, Heather B Neuman · 2001 to 2026
$8.3M
Impact of Financing on Outcomes of Methadone MaintenanceR01DA015060 · NIDA · RMC RESEARCH CORPORATION · PI DECK, DENNIS D · 2002 to 2004
$1.4M
Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Bariatric Surgery within VAIK2HX002064 · VA · WM S. MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSP · PI FUNK, LUKE M · 2018 to 2020
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HSRD VA IK2 HX002064NCI NIH HHS T32 CA090217NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA015060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryMotivationWeight Reduction ProgramsAgedBody Mass IndexDiet, ReducingExercise TherapyHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleMiddle AgedMidwestern United StatesObesity, MorbidQuality of LifeVeteransWeight Lossbariatric surgerymalesmotivationsobesityweight loss

Identifiers

PMID31017517
PMCPMC6940588
OpenAlexW2942206888

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.