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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2021

Update on Robotic Rectal Prolapse Treatment.

Giampaolo Formisano, Luca Ferraro, Adelona Salaj, Simona Giuratrabocchetta, Andrea Pisani Ceretti, Enrico Opocher, Paolo Pietro Bianchi

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 2025 Delphi consensus on robotic ventral mesh rectopexy.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025
    Guideline
  2. Article
  3. Surgical approaches for complete rectal prolapse.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025
    Review
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  6. Review
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  8. Article
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giampaolo FormisanoDivision of General and Robotic Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.
Luca FerraroDivision of General and Robotic Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.
Adelona SalajDivision of General and Robotic Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.
Simona GiuratrabocchettaDivision of General and Robotic Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.
Andrea Pisani CerettiDivision of General and HPB Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2107-6322
Enrico OpocherDivision of General and HPB Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.
Paolo Pietro BianchiDivision of General and Robotic Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, 20142 Milano, Italy.
University of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rectal prolapse is a condition that can cause significant social impairment and negatively affects quality of life. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment, with the aim of restoring the anatomy and correcting the associated functional disorders. During recent decades, laparoscopic abdominal procedures have emerged as effective tools for the treatment of rectal prolapse, with the advantages of faster recovery, lower morbidity, and shorter length of stay. Robotic surgery represents the latest evolution in the field of minimally invasive surgery, with the benefits of enhanced dexterity in deep narrow fields such as the pelvis, and may potentially overcome the technical limitations of conventional laparoscopy. Robotic surgery for the treatment of rectal prolapse is feasible and safe. It could reduce complication rates and length of hospital stay, as well as shorten the learning curve, when compared to conventional laparoscopy. Further prospectively maintained or randomized data are still required on long-term functional outcomes and recurrence rates.

Indexed as

pelvic organ prolapse treatmentrectal prolapserobotic surgeryrobotic ventral rectopexy

Identifiers

PMID34442349
PMCPMC8399170
OpenAlexW3183715124

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