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ReviewIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Revision of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Inadequate Weight Loss or Weight Regain.

Andreas Alexandrou, Panagiotis Sakarellos, Spyridon Davakis, Michail Vailas, Nikoletta Dimitriou, Alexandros Papalampros, Dimitrios Schizas, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Evangelos Felekouras

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Review in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andreas AlexandrouFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece alexandrouandrea@hotmail.com.
Panagiotis SakarellosFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Spyridon DavakisFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Michail VailasFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Nikoletta DimitriouFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Alexandros PapalamprosFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios SchizasFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Alexandros CharalabopoulosFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Evangelos FelekourasFirst Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Laiko General Hospital of Athens · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inadequate weight loss or weight regain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) occurs in more than a quarter of patients for various reasons. Available remedying treatment options include endoscopic and surgical techniques for revision of the gastric pouch and the gastro-jejunal anastomosis, conversion of standard to distal gastric bypass (DRYGBP) or the conversion of RYGBP to biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) or duodenal switch (DS). There is quite a variability concerning the technical simplicity, safety, and effectiveness of these techniques and the small number of patients in the numerous single-center reports precludes any meaningful comparisons. This review aimed to describe all available methods and present the advantages and disadvantages of each of them, to facilitate, rather than guide, the decision of the average bariatric surgeon who encounters such a patient.

Indexed as

Gastric BypassLaparoscopyObesity, MorbidHumansReoperationRetrospective StudiesWeight GainWeight Lossgastric bypassObesityoutcomesreviewrevisional surgeryweight regain

Identifiers

PMID34972697
PMCPMC8765156
OpenAlexW4205687409

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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.