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ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2024

Evaluation of the MMI Symani

Melanie Rusch, Grischa Hoffmann, Henning Wieker, Matthias Bürger, Sebastian Kapahnke, Rouven Berndt, René Rusch

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of robotic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. In vivo microsurgical training with the symaniJournal of robotic surgery · 2026
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melanie Rusch *Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 3, Hs C, D-24105, Kiel, Germany.
Grischa Hoffmann *Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 3, Hs C, D-24105, Kiel, Germany.
Henning WiekerClinic of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 3, 24105, Kiel, Germany.
Matthias BürgerClinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 3, Hs C, D-24105, Kiel, Germany.
Sebastian KapahnkeClinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 3, Hs C, D-24105, Kiel, Germany.
Rouven BerndtClinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 3, Hs C, D-24105, Kiel, Germany.
René RuschClinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 3, Hs C, D-24105, Kiel, Germany. rene.rusch@uksh.de.
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The MMI Symani

Indexed as

Robotic Surgical ProceduresSurgeonsAdultAnastomosis, SurgicalAnimalsCadaverCoronary Artery BypassHumansSwineCoronary surgeryMicroanastomosesMinimal invasive microsurgeryRobotic surgeryVascular surgery

Identifiers

PMID38598047
PMCPMC11006781
OpenAlexW4394677442

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.