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ArticleCureus2024

Acute Appendicitis Due to Enterobius vermicularis Infestation: A Case Report.

Ravi Chandra Tata, Mahmoud Abdelreheem, Aina Mercant Osuna, Sudhakar Mangam

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

4 authors.

Ravi Chandra TataDepartment of General Surgery, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, GBR.
Mahmoud AbdelreheemDepartment of General Surgery, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, GBR.
Aina Mercant OsunaDepartment of General Surgery, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, GBR.
Sudhakar MangamDepartment of General Surgery, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute appendicitis is the most frequent abdominal surgical emergency worldwide. While luminal obstruction due to fecaliths and lymphoid hyperplasia is a common cause, parasitic infections are a rare but significant contributor.

Indexed as

antihelminthicenterobius vermicularis infestationhistology post appendicectomylaparoscopic appendicectomyparasitic appendicitis

Identifiers

PMID39737105
PMCPMC11684557

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