Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29863165›Full record

ReviewAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2017

Recent advancements in bariatric/metabolic surgery.

Wei-Jei Lee, Owaid Almalki

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In one paragraph

Review in Annals of gastroenterological surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. National Analysis of Emergent Reoperations After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Over 6 Years.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2025
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  13. The Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Thyroid Functions in Egyptian Patients with Obesity.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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  18. The Related Metabolic Diseases and Treatments of Obesity.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Wei-Jei LeeDepartment of Surgery Min-Sheng General Hospital National Taiwan University Taoyuan Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7091-3006
Owaid AlmalkiDepartment of Surgery Min-Sheng General Hospital National Taiwan University Taoyuan Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are currently two pan-endemic health problems worldwide and are associated with considerable increase in morbidity and mortality. Both diseases are closely related and very difficult to control by current medical treatment, including diet, drug therapy and behavioral modification. Bariatric surgery has proven successful in treating not just obesity but also in significantly decreasing overall obesity-associated morbidities as well as improving quality of life in severely obese patients (body mass index [BMI] >35 kg/m

Indexed as

bariatric surgerymetabolic surgerysevere obesitytype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID29863165
PMCPMC5881368
OpenAlexW2755636586

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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