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ReviewOncology and therapy2022

The Implementation of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer: A Step Toward Better Outcomes?

Tania Triantafyllou, Pieter van der Sluis, Richard Skipworth, Bas P L Wijnhoven

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tania TriantafyllouUpper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. t_triantafilou@yahoo.com.
Pieter van der SluisUpper Gastrointestinal Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Richard SkipworthUpper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Bas P L WijnhovenUpper Gastrointestinal Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBErasmus MC · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophagectomy is considered the cornerstone of the radical treatment of esophageal cancer. In the past decades, minimally invasive techniques including robot-assisted approaches have become popular. The aim of minimally invasive surgery is to reduce the surgical trauma, resulting in faster recovery, reduction in complications, and better quality of life after surgery. Secondly, a more precise dissection may lead to better oncological outcomes. As such, minimally invasive esophagectomy is now seen by many as the standard surgical approach. However, evidence supporting this viewpoint is limited. This narrative review summarizes recent prospectively designed studies on minimally invasive esophagectomy.

Indexed as

Esophageal cancerEsophagectomyMinimally invasive esophagectomyRobotic esophagectomy

Identifiers

PMID35945401
PMCPMC9681954
OpenAlexW4292438739

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Registered trials

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