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ReviewCureus2023

Revision Endoscopic Gastroplasty: An Overview and Review of Literature.

Basil N Nduma, Kelly A Mofor, Jason Tatang, Loica Amougou, Stephen Nkeonye, Princess Chineme, Chukwuyem Ekhator, Solomon Ambe

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Review in Cureus, 2023. 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
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Basil N NdumaInternal Medicine, Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg, USA.
Kelly A MoforGastroenterology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, USA.
Jason TatangGastroenterology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, USA.
Loica AmougouGastroenterology, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA.
Stephen NkeonyeOncology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Houston, USA.
Princess ChinemeGastroenterology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA.
Chukwuyem EkhatorNeuro-Oncology, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, USA.
Solomon AmbeNeurology, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main aim of this paper was to examine the efficacy and safety of revision endoscopic gastroplasty and some of the adverse events likely to arise from the procedure, as well as the implications for future scholarly research. The study is a systematic review in which the PRISMA protocol was used to govern the article's inclusion and exclusion criteria. The selected studies include those on revising endoscopic gastroplasty's effectiveness and safety. The studies were selected based on multiple parameters. The outcome included weight recidivism, excessive BMI loss, and absolute, total, or percentage weight loss. The outcome of this review confirmed that revision endoscopic gastroplasty is effective and safe. Mainly, revision endoscopic gastroplasty (R-EG) was found to counter-weight recidivism, especially short-term and mid-term. However, there is a need for additional scholarly investigations that would last several years to decades to inform the long-term efficacy of R-EG with precision.

Indexed as

bmi (body mass index) lossefficacyrevision endoscopic gastroplastyrevision endoscopic gastroplasty (r-esg)roux-en-y gastric bypass (rygb)safetysuboptimal weight lossweight recidivism

Identifiers

PMID37476295
PMCPMC10354344

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