Ultrasound as a first-line investigation to diagnose malrotation in children.

Vineet Binu, Day Way Goh, Ajay Taranath, Lino Piotto, Roger Gent

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Article in Pediatric radiology, 2021. 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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2citing papers in PubMed

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

Navigating the Twist: An Atypical Presentation of Malrotation.AJP reports · 2026
Article
The course of the duodenum: what path should we take? Reply to Binu et al.Pediatric radiology · 2021
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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The course of the duodenum: what path should we take? Reply to Binu et al.2021
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Untwisting the complexity of midgut malrotation and volvulus ultrasound.2021
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Transition to ultrasound as the first-line imaging modality for midgut volvulus: keys to a successful roll-out.2021

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Vineet BinuDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 William Road, North Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia. dr.vineet.binu9@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3335-5126

Day Way GohDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 William Road, North Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia.

Ajay TaranathDepartment of Medical Imaging, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Lino PiottoDepartment of Medical Imaging, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Roger GentDepartment of Medical Imaging, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Intestinal VolvulusChildHumansUltrasonography

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PMID34374839

DOI10.1007/s00247-021-05141-5

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