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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2022

Applications of endoscopic ultrasound elastography in pancreatic diseases: From literature to real life.

Clara Benedetta Conti, Giacomo Mulinacci, Raffaele Salerno, Marco Emilio Dinelli, Roberto Grassia

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In one paragraph

Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Type 3 Autoimmune Pancreatitis: What Do We Know So Far?Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026
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  6. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography-guided fine needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions: Down but not out!Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Clara Benedetta ContiInterventional Endoscopy Unit, ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza 20900, Italy. benedetta.conti1@gmail.com.
Giacomo MulinacciInterventional Endoscopy Unit, ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza 20900, Italy.
Raffaele SalernoGastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan 20121, Italy.
Marco Emilio DinelliInterventional Endoscopy Unit, ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza 20900, Italy.
Roberto GrassiaGastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, ASST Cremona, Cremona 26100, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · ITASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco · ITIstituti Ospitalieri di Cremona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elastography is a non-invasive method widely used to measure the stiffness of the tissues, and it is available in most endoscopic ultrasound machines, using either qualitative or quantitative techniques. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography is a tool that should be applied to obtain a complementary evaluation of pancreatic diseases, together with other imaging tests and clinical data. Elastography can be informative, especially when studying pancreatic masses and help the clinician in the differential diagnosis between benign or malignant lesions. However, further studies are necessary to standardize the method, increase the reproducibility and establish definitive cut-offs to distinguish between benign and malignant pancreatic masses. Moreover, even if promising, elastography still provides little information in the evaluation of benign conditions.

Indexed as

Elasticity Imaging TechniquesPancreatic DiseasesPancreatic NeoplasmsEndosonographyHumansReproducibility of ResultsElastographyEndoscopic ultrasoundEndosonographyPancreasPancreatic cancerPancreatic diseasesPancreatic stiffnessPancreatitisQuantitative elastographyStrain elastography

Identifiers

PMID35317053
PMCPMC8908282
OpenAlexW4214942941

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