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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Twists and turns: A case report of cecal volvulus.

Aashish Sapkota, Aashna Batajoo, Samit Lamichhane, Alok Shrestha, Nidhi Bhatt

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aashish SapkotaChitwan Medical College Chitwan Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2018-7907
Aashna BatajooChitwan Medical College Chitwan Nepal.
Samit LamichhaneChitwan Medical College Chitwan Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-0126
Alok ShresthaChitwan Medical College Chitwan Nepal.
Nidhi BhattChitwan Medical College Chitwan Nepal.
Chitwan Medical College · NP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 22-year-old male presenting in the emergency room with colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and abdominal distension for which an early computed tomography scan was done and diagnosed as cecal volvulus. Following diagnosis case was managed promptly by laparotomy with right hemicolectomy and primary anastomosis.

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cecal volvulusgastro‐surgeryintestinal obstructionwhirl sign

Identifiers

PMID37736477
PMCPMC10509340
OpenAlexW4386897667

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