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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2026

Integrating traditional Chinese medicine in anal fistula surgery: A step forward in holistic patient care.

Yu-Xing Liu, Chen-Ming Liu

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yu-Xing LiuDepartment of General Surgery, BenQ Medical Center, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu Province, China.
Chen-Ming LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This letter comments on the retrospective cohort study by Liu

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Anal fistulaHolistic careIntegrative medicinePersonalized medicineSurgical outcomesTraditional Chinese medicine

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PMID41809360
PMCPMC12968693

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