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ArticleCureus2022

Our Experience With Transduodenal Surgical Ampullectomy.

Samer Dbouk, Nagham Bazzi, Lea Daou, Zaynab Shaalan, Ali Choukr

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Samer DboukGeneral Surgery, Al Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Nagham BazziFaculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, LBN.
Lea DaouFaculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, LBN.
Zaynab ShaalanFaculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, LBN.
Ali ChoukrGeneral Surgery, Al Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Ningxia Medical University · CNLebanese University · LBNingxia Medical University General Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumors of the ampulla of Vater are uncommon lesions accounting for only 0.5% of the gastrointestinal tumors. A total of three techniques for ampullary tumors (AT) exist: endoscopic papillectomy (EP), surgical transduodenal ampullectomy (TDA), and partial pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Scarce articles report the outcomes of TDA. Two Arabic men presented to the hospital with epigastric pain and were subsequently diagnosed with AT. The TDA was performed a few days after the diagnosis. The first patient underwent a partial gastrectomy on the eleventh postoperative day. The second patient underwent endoscopic pyloric re-opening on the eleventh postoperative day to relieve gastric obstruction. Both patients started tolerating food and were discharged home. Further randomized controlled studies assessing long-term complications, efficacy, and efficiency of TDA are now warranted.

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ampullaendoscopic papillectomytransduodenal ampullectomytumors of the ampullawhipple procedure

Identifiers

PMID35223251
PMCPMC8860684
OpenAlexW4205276598

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