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ArticleCureus2022

Stomach Within a Large Inguinal Hernia.

Tyler A Grantham, Rajarajeshwari Ramachandran, Swetha Parvataneni, Vinaya Gaduputi

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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 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Gastric Outlet Obstruction as a Result of an Inguinal Hernia.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. An inguinal hernia 'hard to stomach'.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023
    Article
  5. Article
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

4 authors.

Tyler A GranthamInternal Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, USA.
Rajarajeshwari RamachandranGastroenterology and Hepatology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Swetha ParvataneniInternal Medicine, Geisinger Health System, Lewistown, USA.
Vinaya GaduputiGastroenterology, Blanchard Valley Health System, Findlay, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We are reporting a case of massively enlarged left inguinal hernia containing the stomach and presenting with coffee ground emesis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) identified a non-ischemic stomach with three small gastric ulcers. The patient opted for non-surgical management.

Indexed as

dilated stomachesophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd)gastric ulcersinguinal herniastomach

Identifiers

PMID35673305
PMCPMC9165911

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