ReviewSurgical endoscopy2020
SAGES TAVAC safety and efficacy analysis WATS
Review in Surgical endoscopy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Wide-area transepithelial sampling in adjunct to forceps biopsy increases the absolute detection rates of Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal dysplasia: a meta-analysis and systematic review.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2020Pooled it
- WATSAnnals of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- A Rapid Cytological Screening as pre-Endoscopy Screening for Early Esophageal Squamous Cell Lesions: A Prospective Pilot Study from a Chinese Academic Center.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
- Retrospective, observational, cross-sectional study of detection of recurrent Barrett's esophagus and dysplasia in post-ablation patients with adjunctive use of wide-area transepithelial sample (WATS-3D).Annals of gastroenterologyArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundWide-area transepithelial sampling of the esophagus with computer-assisted three-dimensional analysis (WATS3D, CDx Diagnostics, Suffern, NY) is an adjunctive technique to random biopsies for early detection of Barrett's esophagus. The aim of the SAGES Technology and Value Assessment Committee aims is to evaluate the efficacy, value, and safety of WATS3D.
methodsClinical studies involving WATS3D were identified via a search of the PubMed/Medline databases ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed ) conducted in March of 2019 using search terms, such as wide-area transepithelial sampling, three-dimensional (3D) computer-assisted analysis, WATS-3D, Barrett's esophagus and WATS-3D, Barrett's esophagus and wide-area transepithelial sampling with three-dimensional computer-assisted analysis, Barrett's esophagus, and emerging technology. Bibliographies of key references were searched for relevant studies not covered by the PubMed search. Case reports and small case series were excluded.
resultsNo significant morbidity or mortality was reported within the literature associated with the WATS
conclusionWide-area transepithelial sampling with three-dimensional computer-assisted analysis (WATS
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