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Trial reportSurgical endoscopy2020

Trocar site closure with a novel anchor-based (neoClose

Pouya Iranmanesh, Angielyn R Rivera, Kulvinder S Bajwa, Mustafa Alibhai, Brad E Snyder, Todd D Wilson, Melissa M Felinski, Sheilendra S Mehta, Kavita D Chandwani, Connie L Klein and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Surgical endoscopy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evaluation of a Novel Trocar-Site Closure Device in Laparoscopic Surgery.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
    Trial
  2. Review
  3. Observational
  4. Article
  5. Thoughts on Trocar Site Hernia Prevention. A Narrative Review.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2022
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Pouya IranmaneshDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Angielyn R RiveraDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Kulvinder S BajwaDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Mustafa AlibhaiSurgical Group of North Texas, Grapevine, TX, USA.
Brad E SnyderDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Todd D WilsonDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Melissa M FelinskiDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Sheilendra S MehtaTexas Laparoscopic Consultants, Houston, TX, USA.
Kavita D ChandwaniDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Connie L KleinDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Peter A WalkerHealth First Medical Group, Rockledge, FL, USA.
Shinil K ShahDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. shinil.k.shah@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6963-1164
Erik B WilsonDepartment of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.156, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with obesity have a higher risk of trocar site hernia. The objective of the present study was to compare a standard suture passer versus the neoClose

methodsThis is a randomized, controlled trial with two parallel arms. Thirty five patients with BMI ≥ 35 kg/m

resultsThe use of the neoClose

conclusionsUse of the neoClose

Indexed as

AdultBody Mass IndexFemaleGastrectomyGastric BypassHumansIncisional HerniaLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedObesityOperative TimeProspective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodSurgical InstrumentsSuturesIncisional herniaPort closureTrocar hernia

Identifiers

PMID31183797

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