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ArticleAnnals of surgery2026

Uptake of Robotic Appendectomy: A Single State Analysis.

Cody Lendon Mullens, Samantha L Savitch, Lena M Napolitano, Justin B Dimick, Kyle H Sheetz

Abstract read
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Article in Annals of surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. National Utilization and Clinical Scenarios of Robotic Appendectomy in the United States, 2022 to 2024.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 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

5 authors.

Cody Lendon MullensDepartment of Surgery.
Samantha L SavitchDepartment of Surgery.
Lena M NapolitanoDepartment of Surgery.
Justin B DimickDepartment of Surgery.
Kyle H SheetzDepartment of Surgery.

Funding

Interdisciplinary Research Training Center in Cancer Care DeliveryT32CA236621 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Lauren P Wallner · 2020 to 2026
$2.8M
Rapid Adoption of Robotic Surgery: Risks, Benefits, and Unintended ConsequencesR01DK131584 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Kyle Hershey Sheetz · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA236621NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

appendectomygeneral surgeryminimally invasive surgeryrobotic-assisted surgeryrobotic surgery

Identifiers

PMID41423774
PMCPMC12973531

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