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ArticleObesity surgery2020

Scars Matter: The Importance of Incision Decisions in Bariatric Patients.

Andres Narvaez C, Camila Ortega, Gerardo Davalos, L Kasey Welsh, Ramon Diaz Jara, Juan Esteban Perez, Jana Chtchetinin, Hui-Jie Lee, Nicole Garzon, Kelli Friedman and 3 more

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Robotic Magnetic Surgery: Results From the First Prospective Clinical Trial.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Andres Narvaez CDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Camila OrtegaDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Gerardo DavalosDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
L Kasey WelshDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Ramon Diaz JaraDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Juan Esteban PerezDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Jana ChtchetininDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Hui-Jie LeeDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, 2424 Erwin Rd, Durham, 27710, USA.
Nicole GarzonEscuela de Medicina, Colegio Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego de Robles y Vía Interoceánica, Quito, Ecuador.
Kelli FriedmanDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Kunoor Jain-SpanglerDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Dana PortenierDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA.
Alfredo D GuerronDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704, USA. alfredo.guerron-cruz@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4632-1681

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to determine if cosmetic outcomes play an important role for patients undergoing bariatric surgery, when considering a surgical approach. A video-animation describing open, conventional laparoscopic, and reduced incision magnetic assisted surgery was shown. The patient's perceptions of the surgical approaches were recorded using an anonymous survey. Fifty-one patients completed the survey. The median age was 45 (IQR: 36-51), and 38 (74.5%) were women. Cosmesis was found to be an important factor (77%) for selecting a surgical approach. Ninety percent of the patients believe that reduced incision magnet-assisted surgery provides superior cosmesis. Cosmetic results may play a determinant role when choosing a surgical approach.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryLaparoscopyObesity, MorbidSurgical WoundCicatrixFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedBariatric surgeryCosmesisMagnet-assisted surgeryMinimally invasive surgeryPerceptions

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PMID31811624

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