Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32678701›Full record

ArticleJournal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A2021

Magnetic Liver Retraction Decreases Postoperative Pain and Length of Stay in Bariatric Surgery Compared to Nathanson Device.

Leonard K Welsh, Gerardo Davalos, Ramon Diaz, Andres Narvaez, Juan Esteban Perez, Melissa Castro, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Thomas Risoli, Dana Portenier, Alfredo D Guerron

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Dual robotic surgery: Da Vinci SPJournal of robotic surgery · 2025
    Article
  7. Advancements in liver retraction techniques for laparoscopic gastrectomy.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Robotic Magnetic Surgery: Results From the First Prospective Clinical Trial.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2022
    Article
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 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonard K WelshDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Gerardo DavalosDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Ramon DiazDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Andres NarvaezDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Juan Esteban PerezDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Melissa CastroDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Maragatha KuchibhatlaDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Thomas RisoliDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Dana PortenierDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Alfredo D GuerronDivision of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Duke University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedBariatric SurgeryCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLiverMagnetic PhenomenaMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidPostoperative PainPropensity ScoreRetrospective Studiesbariatric surgerylength of stayliver retractionmagnetoutcomespostoperative pain

Identifiers

PMID32678701
PMCPMC7885817
OpenAlexW3043381054

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.