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ArticlePediatric reports2020

Sigmoid volvulus in a 10-year-old male: A case report and review of the literature.

Dimitrios Godosis, Chrysostomos Kepertis, Charikleia Demiri, Vassilis Lambropoulos, Ioannis Spyridakis

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Article in Pediatric reports, 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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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dimitrios GodosisSecond Pediatric Surgery Department, "Papageorgiou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Chrysostomos KepertisSecond Pediatric Surgery Department, "Papageorgiou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Charikleia DemiriSecond Pediatric Surgery Department, "Papageorgiou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vassilis LambropoulosSecond Pediatric Surgery Department, "Papageorgiou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis SpyridakisSecond Pediatric Surgery Department, "Papageorgiou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sigmoid volvulus in children is a potentially disastrous situation, still remaining rare in terms of occurrence. We hereby present a case report of a 10-year-old male, having admitted in our department complaining about abdominal pain, who finally proved to suffer from sigmoid volvulus.

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childrensigmoidtorsionvolvulus

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PMID32308972
PMCPMC7160857
OpenAlexW3015199656

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