Evidence mapPaperPMID 34355013Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in surgery2021

Eight Surgical Interventions for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Network Meta-Analysis on Complications.

Fei-Long Wei, Tian Li, Quan-You Gao, Yi Yang, Hao-Ran Gao, Ji-Xian Qian, Cheng-Pei Zhou

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fei-Long WeiDepartment of Orthopedics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Tian LiSchool of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Quan-You GaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yi YangDepartment of Pain Treatment, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Hao-Ran GaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ji-Xian QianDepartment of Orthopedics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Cheng-Pei ZhouDepartment of Orthopedics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Air Force Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

complicationlumbar disc herniationminimally invasive surgerynetwork meta-analysisreoperation

Identifiers

PMID34355013
PMCPMC8329383
OpenAlexW3184981654

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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