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ArticleSurgical innovation2019

Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair Followed by Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication With EsophyX Device (HH + TIF): Efficacy and Safety in Two Community Hospitals.

Peter Janu, Ahmad Bassel Shughoury, Kumar Venkat, Daniel Hurwich, Tom Galouzis, James Siatras, Dennis Streeter, Kathleen Korman, George Mavrelis, Peter Mavrelis

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Article in Surgical innovation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Functional outcomes of hybrid hiatal hernia repair.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023
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  13. Transoral incisionless fundoplication and open hiatal hernia repair: A case report.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023
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  14. Hybrid hiatal hernia repair: is it cost-effective?Journal of robotic surgery · 2022
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  15. Endoscopic Management of GERD.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022
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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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter JanuAffinity Health Systems Appleton, Chilton, WI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7356-7399
Ahmad Bassel ShughouryMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Kumar VenkatMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Daniel HurwichMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Tom GalouzisMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
James SiatrasMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Dennis StreeterMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Kathleen KormanMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
George MavrelisMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Peter MavrelisMethodist Hospitals, Merrillville, IN, USA.
Methodist Hospital · USAffinity Medical Group · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The TIF (transoral incisionless fundoplication) 2.0 procedure is indicated for patients with a hiatal hernia less than 2 cm. Many patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) require hiatal hernia repair. This study examined the safety and efficacy when repairing defects in 2 anatomical structures (hiatus and lower esophageal sphincter) in a concomitant set of procedures in patients with hiatal hernias between 2 and 5 cm.

Indexed as

FundoplicationHerniorrhaphyLaparoscopyAdultAgedFemaleGastroesophageal RefluxHernia, HiatalHospitals, CommunityHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesQuality of LifeSurveys and Questionnairesesophageal surgeryevidence based medicine/surgeryflexible endoscopygastric surgeryhiatal hernia repairinterventional endoscopyTIFtransoral incisionless fundoplication

Identifiers

PMID31431138
PMCPMC6843624
OpenAlexW2969943116

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