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ReviewCureus2023

Surgical Treatment in Ulcerative Colitis, Still Topical: A Narrative Review.

Eduard Slonovschi, Pratyusha Kodela, Monalisa Okeke, Sandeep Guntuku, Shanmukh Sai Pavan Lingamsetty

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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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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, 2 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Eduard SlonovschiDepartment of Surgery, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie Iuliu Haţieganu Facultatea de Medicină, Cluj-Napoca, ROU.
Pratyusha KodelaDepartment of Research, Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Bijapur Liberal District Educational Association (BLDEA) University, Vijayapura, IND.
Monalisa OkekeDepartment of Research, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Sandeep GuntukuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, IND.
Shanmukh Sai Pavan LingamsettyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, IND.
Shri BM Patil Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, different studies were integrated to conclude the impact of ulcerative colitis (UC) on the patient's vital prognosis, specifically highlighting the association with colorectal cancer (CRC). These severe complications have led us to consider studying the role of preventive surgery in managing UC. This study reviewed total preventive colectomy in UC patients for preventing the onset of CRC, the role of surgery in UC management, and its potential as a definitive treatment for the condition. The study also emphasized the effectiveness of annual colonoscopic monitoring and preventive colectomy in reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). It discussed the role of laparoscopic surgery in minimizing postoperative complications and highlighted that partial surgical resection of the colon can be a viable option, offering improved bowel function without increasing the risk of CRC-related mortality. Elective surgery has an important place in UC management by preventing the development of forms requiring emergency surgery. Although surgery can cure UC, it can lead to significant postoperative complications and adverse effects.

Indexed as

colorectal cancer (crc)inflammatory bowel diseaselaparascopic surgery• open surgerypostoperative complicationspreventive colectomysurgical treatmenttimingtotal proctocolectomyulcerative colitis (uc)

Identifiers

PMID37588306
PMCPMC10427119
OpenAlexW4384457648

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Registered trials

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