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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2021

Clinical Success and Correlation of Eckardt Scores with Barium Esophagram After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Achalasia.

Madhusudan R Sanaka, Pravallika Chadalavada, Fahrettin Covut, George Khoudari, Scott Gabbard, Prashanthi N Thota, Siva Raja

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA) clinical care pathway and standards of care for peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in achalasia.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Madhusudan R SanakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. sanakam@ccf.org.
Pravallika ChadalavadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Fahrettin CovutDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
George KhoudariDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Scott GabbardDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Prashanthi N ThotaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Siva RajaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Esophageal AchalasiaMyotomyNatural Orifice Endoscopic SurgeryBariumEsophageal Sphincter, LowerEsophagoscopyHumansTreatment OutcomeBariumAchalasiaEckardt scoreMyotomyPeroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)Timed barium esophagram

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PMID32885362
OpenAlexW3083727738

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