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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie

Inviting a friend to evaluate potential grade III pancreatic injuries: Are they truly occult, or simply missed on CT?

Chad G Ball, Thomas S Clements, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Kelly Vogt, Walter Biffl, Morad Hameed

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie. 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
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chad G BallFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada (Ball, Clements, Kirkpatrick); the Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ont., Canada (Vogt); the Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA (Biffl); and the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hameed). ball.chad@gmail.com.
Thomas S ClementsFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada (Ball, Clements, Kirkpatrick); the Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ont., Canada (Vogt); the Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA (Biffl); and the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hameed).
Andrew W KirkpatrickFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada (Ball, Clements, Kirkpatrick); the Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ont., Canada (Vogt); the Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA (Biffl); and the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hameed).
Kelly VogtFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada (Ball, Clements, Kirkpatrick); the Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ont., Canada (Vogt); the Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA (Biffl); and the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hameed).
Walter BifflFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada (Ball, Clements, Kirkpatrick); the Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ont., Canada (Vogt); the Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA (Biffl); and the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hameed).
Morad HameedFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada (Ball, Clements, Kirkpatrick); the Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Ont., Canada (Vogt); the Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA (Biffl); and the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hameed).
Scripps Memorial Hospital · USUniversity of Calgary · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic inuries to the pancreas are notoriously challenging to diagnose and treat. Detecting a main pancreatic ductal injury can be particularly difficult on screening computed tomography (CT). Twenty-four blinded faculty clinicians from 4 differing specialties and 6 institutions reviewed 9 video CT cases of potential pancreatic ductal injuries. Clinician performance in detection of confirmed grade III pancreatic injuries varied widely among specialties. This heterogeneity confirms the critical need for multidisciplinary care and image interpretation for even "minor" (i.e., not grade IV or V) potential pancreatic injuries to optimize outcomes for injured patients. The ubiquitous availability of electronic devices allows real-time collegial second opinions to be easily available.

Indexed as

Tomography, X-Ray ComputedHumansObserver VariationPancreatic DuctsSeverity of Illness IndexWounds, Nonpenetrating

Identifiers

PMID34933945
PMCPMC8711555
OpenAlexW4200221066

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