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ArticleEndoscopy international open2020

Outcomes of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty; how does it compare to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Babu P Mohan, Ravishankar Asokkumar, Shahab R Khan, Rajesh Kotagiri, Gurusravanan Kutti Sridharan, Saurabh Chandan, Naveen Pg Ravikumar, Suresh Ponnada, Mahendran Jayaraj, Douglas G Adler

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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 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Babu P MohanInternal Medicine, University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Ravishankar AsokkumarDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Shahab R KhanSection of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Rajesh KotagiriInternal Medicine, University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Gurusravanan Kutti SridharanInternal Medicine, University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Saurabh ChandanGastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Naveen Pg RavikumarInternal Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York, United States.
Suresh PonnadaInternal Medicine, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
Mahendran JayarajDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Douglas G AdlerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson · USBuffalo General Medical Center · USCarilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital · USRush University Medical Center · USSingapore General Hospital · SGUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID32258380
PMCPMC7089787
OpenAlexW3013645251

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