Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31754817›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2020

A national analysis of operative treatment of adult patients with Hirschsprung's disease.

Devan Schlund, Sarah B Jochum, Joanne Favuzza, Dana M Hayden, Srikumar B Pillai, Theodore J Saclarides, Anuradha R Bhama

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Devan SchlundDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Sarah B JochumDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Joanne FavuzzaDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Dana M HaydenDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Srikumar B PillaiDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Theodore J SaclaridesDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Anuradha R BhamaDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Suite 1138, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. anuradha.bhama@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-418X
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeHirschsprung's disease is primarily a disease of infancy, but in rare cases, adults with this condition require surgery. The aim of this study is to identify the types of operations and postoperative outcomes in adults with Hirschsprung's disease on a national level.

methodsThe National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was used to perform a retrospective review of all adult patients diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease. Patients were divided into two groups depending on the type of operation: restoration of bowel continuity or diversion of fecal stream; clinicopathologic data and 30-day outcomes were compared between the two groups.

resultsA total of 32 patients were analyzed. Fourteen patients (43.8%) underwent diversion and 18 (56.2%) underwent restorative procedures. The median age was 49.5 years old for the diversion group and 23.5 years old for the reconstructive group (p = 0.001). The restorative surgery group was more likely to have an ASA 1-2 while the diversion group had a higher frequency of ASA 3-5 (p = 0.011). The median length of stay for the diversion surgery was 9.5 days and 5 days for the restoration group (p = 0.045). Complications occurred in 57% of patients in the diversion group and in 22% of patients in the restoration group (p = 0.049). There were otherwise no statistically significant differences in intraoperative data and postoperative complications.

conclusionThis is the first study using a national database to evaluate the surgical treatment of Hirschsprung's disease in adult patients. Complications are common and were more frequent in the older, sicker diversion group, with restoration of continuity being better tolerated in the younger, healthier patient population.

Indexed as

AdultFemaleHirschsprung DiseaseHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAdult colorectal surgeryHirschsprung's disease

Identifiers

PMID31754817
OpenAlexW2990480684

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.