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ArticleThe British journal of surgery2025

Protocol for the GOLF trial: randomized clinical trial on the LINX management system versus fundoplication for the surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Sheraz R Markar, Begum Zeybek Saglam, Nainika Menon, Ahmed Ahmed, Nick Maynard, James Gossage, Filipa Landeiro, Jane Blazeby, Nicola Mills, Tim Underwood and 5 more

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Article in The British journal of surgery, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Sheraz R MarkarSurgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8650-2017
Begum Zeybek SaglamSurgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6789-043X
Nainika MenonSurgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ahmed AhmedDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Nick MaynardDepartment of Oesophago-Gastric Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
James GossageDepartment of Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Filipa LandeiroHealth Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jane BlazebyNIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3354-3330
Nicola MillsBristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Tim UnderwoodGastrointestinal Surgery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Mimi McCordHeartburn Cancer UK Charity, UK.
T Martyn HillSurgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Amy TaylorSurgical Intervention Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8635-7953
Natalie BlencoweNIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Jesper LagergrenDepartment of Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Funding

National Institute for Health and Care Research Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC12254947

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