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ArticleHeliyon2023

Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes following pancreatic injury - An international multicenter cohort study.

Laura L Meijer, Yrjö Vaalavuo, Sara Regnér, Ville Sallinen, Aurora Lemma, Urban Arnelo, Roberto Valente, Sofia Westermark, David An, John A G Moir and 12 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Closed traumatism of the distal pancreas (A case series of 6 patients).International journal of surgery case reports · 2024
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Human Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 11 institutions in 5 countries.

Laura L MeijerDepartment of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Yrjö VaalavuoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Sara RegnérDepartment of Surgery, Institution of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Ville SallinenTransplantation and Liver Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.
Aurora LemmaGastroenterological Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.
Urban ArneloDepartment of Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences/Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Roberto ValenteDepartment of Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences/Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Sofia WestermarkDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Department of Surgery, Örnsköldsvik, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
David AnDepartment of Surgery, Linköping University and Department of Surgery, Vasterviks Sjukhus, Vastervik, Sweden.
John A G MoirDepartment of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Ellen A IrwinDepartment of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Esther A BieselCenter of Surgery, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
Ulrich T HoptCenter of Surgery, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
Stefan Fichtner-FeiglCenter of Surgery, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
Uwe A WittelCenter of Surgery, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
Maximilian WenigerDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Henning KarleDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Frank W BloemersDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Univ(ersity) of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Robert SuttonDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Department of Clinical and Molecular Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Richard M CharnleyDepartment of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Dietrich A RuessCenter of Surgery, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
Peter SzatmaryDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Department of Clinical and Molecular Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
University of Freiburg · DEFreeman Hospital · GBAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLKarolinska University Hospital · SELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEUniversity of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Liverpool · GBLinköping University · SELund University · SEOrnsköldsvik Hospital · SETampere University · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Trauma to the pancreas is rare but associated with significant morbidity. Currently available management guidelines are based on low-quality evidence and data on long-term outcomes is lacking. This study aimed to evaluate clinical characteristics and patient-reported long-term outcomes for pancreatic injury. Methods: A retrospective cohort study evaluating treatment for pancreatic injury in 11 centers across 5 European nations over >10 years was performed. Data relating to pancreatic injury and treatment were collected from hospital records. Patients reported quality of life (QoL), changes to employment and new or ongoing therapy due to index injury. Results: In all, 165 patients were included. The majority were male (70.9%), median age was 27 years (range: 6-93) and mechanism of injury predominantly blunt (87.9%). A quarter of cases were treated conservatively; higher injury severity score (ISS) and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) pancreatic injury scores increased the likelihood for surgical, endoscopic and/or radiologic intervention. Isolated, blunt pancreatic injury was associated with younger age and pancreatic duct involvement; this cohort appeared to benefit from non-operative management. In the long term (median follow-up 93; range 8-214 months), exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency were reported by 9.3% of respondents. Long-term analgesic use also affected 9.3% of respondents, with many reported quality of life problems (QoL) potentially attributable to side-effects of opiate therapy. Overall, impaired QoL correlated with higher ISS scores, surgical therapy and opioid analgesia on discharge. Conclusions: Pancreatic trauma is rare but can lead to substantial short- and long-term morbidity. Near complete recovery of QoL indicators and pancreatic function can occur despite significant injury, especially in isolated, blunt pancreatic injury managed conservatively and when early weaning off opiate analgesia is achieved.

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Clinical courseInterdisciplinary treatmentLong-term outcomesPancreatic traumaQuality of life

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PMID37408878
PMCPMC10318511
OpenAlexW4381546981

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