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ArticleEndoscopy international open2020

Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage may be the preferred preoperative drainage method in hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Yongjiang Ba, Ping Yue, Joseph W Leung, Haiping Wang, Yanyan Lin, Bing Bai, Xiaoliang Zhu, Lei Zhang, Kexiang Zhu, Wenhui Wang and 4 more

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Article in Endoscopy international open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Intervention for The Management of Malignant Hilar Biliary Obstruction.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yongjiang BaThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ping YueThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Joseph W LeungDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UC Davis Medical Center, and Section of Gastroenterology, Sacramento VA Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States.
Haiping WangThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yanyan LinThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Bing BaiThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Xiaoliang ZhuThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Lei ZhangThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Kexiang ZhuThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Wenhui WangThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Wenbo MengThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Wence ZhouThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ying LiuForeign Languages Department of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Xun LiThe First Clinical Medical School of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Lanzhou University · CNFirst Hospital of Lanzhou University · CNEastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital · CNQujing Normal University · CNSacramento VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID32010755
PMCPMC6976325
OpenAlexW3001708927

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