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ReviewGastroenterology clinics of North America2020

Endoscopic and Surgical Treatments for Achalasia: Who to Treat and How?

Romulo A Fajardo, Roman V Petrov, Charles T Bakhos, Abbas E Abbas

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Review in Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Romulo A FajardoDepartment of General Surgery, Temple University Hospital, 3401 North Broad Street, C-401, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Roman V PetrovDepartment of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3401 North Broad Street, C-501, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: Roman.Petrov@tuhs.temple.edu.
Charles T BakhosDepartment of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3401 North Broad Street, C-501, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Abbas E AbbasDepartment of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3401 North Broad Street, C-501, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Temple University · USTemple University Hospital · US

Funding

WORD PROCESSING CENTER--COREP30CA006927 · NCI · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI Dietmar J Kappes · 1985 to 2026
$138.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Achalasia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by failure of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and altered motility of the esophagus. The traditional, highly effective, surgical approach to relieve obstruction at the LES includes cardiomyotomy. Fundoplication is added to decrease risk of postoperative reflux. Per oral endoscopic myotomy is a new endoscopic procedure that allows division of the LES via transoral route. It has several advantages including less invasiveness, cosmesis, and tailored approach to the length on the myotomy. However, it is associated with increased rate of post-procedural reflux. Various endoscopic interventions are used to address this problem.

Indexed as

Endoscopy, GastrointestinalEsophageal AchalasiaEsophageal Sphincter, LowerEsophagogastric JunctionGastrointestinal MotilityHeller MyotomyHumansMuscle, SmoothAchalasiaCardiomyotomyGastroesophageal junctionHeller myotomyPeroral endoscopic myotomy

Identifiers

PMID32718566
PMCPMC7387747
OpenAlexW3038113843

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