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ArticleJournal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A2021

Needlescopic Appendectomy in Children and Adolescents Using 14-Gauge Needles: A New Era.

Rafik Shalaby, Mohamed I Elsawaf, Soliman Mohamad, Ashraf Hamed, Mohamad Mahfouz

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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 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The use of needle arthroscope as an alternative to standard laparoscope for prophylactic gastropexy in a dog.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rafik ShalabyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed I ElsawafDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Tanta University Hospital, Tanta, Egypt.
Soliman MohamadDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Ashraf HamedDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamad MahfouzDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar University · EGTanta University Hospital · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

NeedlesOperative TimeAbscessAcute DiseaseAdolescentAppendectomyAppendicitisAppendixChildChild, PreschoolDiathermyFemaleHand StrengthHospitals, UniversityHumansHyperthermia, Inducedadolescentschildrenepidural needlesextracorporealintracorporealneedlescopic appendectomysuture grasper device

Identifiers

PMID33651634
PMCPMC8060879
OpenAlexW3007162319

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Registered trials

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