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ArticleEndoscopy international open2021

Short versus standard esophageal myotomy in achalasia patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.

Saurabh Chandan, Antonio Facciorusso, Shahab R Khan, Daryl Ramai, Babu P Mohan, Mohammad Bilal, Banreet Dhindsa, Lena L Kassab, Hemant Goyal, Abhilash Perisetti and 4 more

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Article in Endoscopy international open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

14 authors.

Saurabh ChandanDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CHI Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Antonio FacciorussoGastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Shahab R KhanSection of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Daryl RamaiInternal Medicine, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Babu P MohanDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Mohammad BilalDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Banreet DhindsaGastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Lena L KassabInternal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
Hemant GoyalGastroenterology, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Philadelphia, United States.
Abhilash PerisettiGastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
Ishfaq BhatGastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Shailender SinghGastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Stephanie McDonoughDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Douglas G AdlerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID34447872
PMCPMC8383091

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