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SynthesisObesity surgery2022

Intragastric Balloon as Bridging Therapy Prior to Bariatric Surgery for Patients with Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 50 kg/m

Jing Hong Loo, Yao Hui Lim, Hwee Ling Seah, Andrew Zhi Quan Chong, Kon Voi Tay

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Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Research Advancements in Gastric Capacity Intervention for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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  8. Advances and future directions in endoscopic bariatric therapies.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025
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  14. A single-center experience of safety and effectiveness of adjustable intragastric balloon in patients with super obesity.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
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  15. Liver resection in the setting of obesity.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2025
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  19. Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2023
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  20. Metabolic and Bariatric Endoscopy: A Mini-Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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.

Jing Hong LooYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. E0345851@u.nus.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2781-4245
Yao Hui LimYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Hwee Ling SeahYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Andrew Zhi Quan ChongDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Kon Voi TayDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SGTan Tock Seng Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bariatric surgery for patients with severe obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 50kg/m

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryGastric BalloonObesity, MorbidBody Mass IndexHumansTreatment OutcomeWeight LossBariatric surgeryBridging therapyIntragastric balloon

Identifiers

PMID34787766
OpenAlexW3211727330

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.