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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2021

Bilobed gallbladder discovered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a tale of two lobes and one duct.

Devon Plewman, Rachel Kudrna, Oskar Rojas, Jennifer Ford, Eduardo Smith-Singares

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review of Gallbladder Anomalies.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Devon PlewmanDepartment of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA.
Rachel KudrnaDepartment of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA.
Oskar RojasAcute Care Surgery, Department, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, WA, USA.
Jennifer FordAcute Care Surgery, Department, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, WA, USA.
Eduardo Smith-SingaresAcute Care Surgery, Department, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, WA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-2788
Kadlec Regional Medical Center · USWashington State University Spokane · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bilobed gallbladder (BG) is a rare congenital anomaly with just 24 cases documented in medical literature in the past 127 years. There are only three documented cases of BG's managed with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and in all three cases the bilobed anomaly was discovered preoperatively. We present a case of symptomatic cholelithiasis in a BG that was discovered intraoperatively. Both the surgical techniques used to ensure complete and safe removal of all gallbladder components and the elements associated with the preoperative diagnosis of these rare anomalies are discussed.

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PMID34992770
PMCPMC8718324
OpenAlexW4206270579

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