Evidence mapPaperPMID 37524428Full record

ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2023

The surgical management of obesity.

Alan Askari, Periyathambi Jambulingam, Roy Gurprashad, Omer Al-Taan, Tanveer Adil, Aruna Munasinghe, Vigyan Jain, Farhan Rashid, Douglas Whitelaw

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Article in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alan AskariLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK alan.askari@gmail.com.
Periyathambi JambulingamLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Roy GurprashadLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Omer Al-TaanLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Tanveer AdilLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Aruna MunasingheLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Vigyan JainLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Farhan RashidLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Douglas WhitelawLuton & Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, UK.
Luton and Dunstable Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity has reached pandemic levels globally. Surgical management of obesity aims to establish metabolic control, weight loss and resolution of multiple health conditions and to improve quality of life. Here, we examine the role of surgery in the management of obesity within the context of a multidisciplinary team involving a variety of healthcare professionals. We highlight the importance of patient selection, perioperative care, the various types of bariatric surgery currently available as well as emerging procedures. In addition to clarifying the different types of procedure, we also examine the potential complications and issues of weight regain and failure to lose weight. Ultimately, bariatric surgery remains comparatively safe and with generally excellent results in terms of control of existing obesity-related conditions; with the ever-increasing number of patients living with obesity, the scope of bariatric surgery is thus likely to increase.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryObesity, MorbidCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMultimorbidityObesityQuality of Lifebariatric surgeryobesityobesity-related disease

Identifiers

PMID37524428
PMCPMC10541046
OpenAlexW4385431114

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