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ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2020

The outcomes of two robotic platforms performing transanal minimally invasive surgery for rectal neoplasia: a case series of 21 patients.

Jessie O Paull, Ada Graham, Salvatore A Parascandola, Salini Hota, Natalie Pudalov, Suzanne Arnott, Matthew Skancke, Vincent Obias

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Article in Journal of robotic surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Robotic surgery (R-TAMIS): a systematic review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026
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  7. [Robots in the operating room-(co)operation during surgery].Der Gastroenterologe : Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie · 2021
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  8. Next-generation robotics in gastrointestinal surgery.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020
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  9. The evolution of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: where are we now?Therapeutic advances in gastrointestinal endoscopy
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jessie O PaullWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, C/O George Washington University Hospital, 22nd and I Street, NW, 6th Flour Suite 6B, Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
Ada GrahamDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Salvatore A ParascandolaWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, C/O George Washington University Hospital, 22nd and I Street, NW, 6th Flour Suite 6B, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. salvatore.parascandola@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-8502
Salini HotaEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Natalie PudalovGeorge Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Suzanne ArnottDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Matthew SkanckeDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Vincent ObiasDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
George Washington University Hospital · USEastern Virginia Medical School · USGeorge Washington University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer effecting adults. Surgical guidelines recommend transanal excision of early rectal neoplasia up to 8 cm from the anal verge. A retrospective review of two novel approaches for transanal robotic local excision with R0 resections of rectal cancers which was, on average, higher than 8 cm. Twenty-one cases of robotic assisted transanal surgery for early stage disease (T0-T1, N0) were reviewed. The first 10 cases performed with the da Vinci

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AdultAgedAnal CanalColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMargins of ExcisionMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOperative TimeRectumRetrospective StudiesRobotic Surgical ProceduresTransanal Endoscopic SurgeryMinimally invasiveRectal cancerRoboticTransanal

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PMID31555958
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