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SynthesisObesity surgery2024

How Does Oversewing/Suturing (OS/S) Compare to Other Staple Line Reinforcement Methods? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Abdul-Rahman F Diab, Zachary Malaussena, Abrahim Ahmed, William West, Salvatore Docimo, Joseph A Sujka, Christopher G DuCoin

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Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdul-Rahman F DiabDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 5 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL, 33606, USA. a.diab94@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6322-4402
Zachary MalaussenaUniversity of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 560 Channelside Dr, Tampa, FL, 33602, USA.
Abrahim AhmedUniversity of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 560 Channelside Dr, Tampa, FL, 33602, USA.
William WestUniversity of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 560 Channelside Dr, Tampa, FL, 33602, USA.
Salvatore DocimoDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 5 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL, 33606, USA.
Joseph A SujkaDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 5 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL, 33606, USA.
Christopher G DuCoinDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 5 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL, 33606, USA.
University of South Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various staple line reinforcement (SLR) techniques in sleeve gastrectomy, including oversewing/suturing (OS/S), gluing, and buttressing, have emerged to mitigate postoperative complications such as bleeding and leaks. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials has demonstrated OS/S as an efficacious strategy for preventing postoperative complications, encompassing leaks, bleeding, and reoperations. Given that OS/S is the sole SLR technique not incurring additional costs during surgery, our study aimed to compare postoperative outcomes associated with OS/S versus alternative SLR methods. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we reviewed the literature and conducted fifteen pairwise meta-analyses of comparative studies, each evaluating an outcome between OS/S and another SLR technique. Thirteen of these analyses showed no statistically significant differences, whereas two revealed notable distinctions.

Indexed as

Surgical StaplingAnastomotic LeakGastrectomyHumansObesity, MorbidPostoperative ComplicationsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReoperationSuture TechniquesTreatment OutcomeButtressingGlueOversewingSealantSleeve gastrectomyStaple line reinforcementSuturing

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PMID38261137
OpenAlexW4391141053

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