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ArticleAnnals of surgery2020

Bariatric Surgery Trends in the U.S.: 1% is the Loneliest Number.

Natalie Liu, Luke M Funk

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Article in Annals of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Natalie LiuDepartment of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
Luke M FunkDepartment of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.

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 SurgeryObesity, MorbidHumansUnited States

Identifiers

PMID31800491
PMCPMC7474975

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