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ArticleCureus2024

Outcomes of Reconstructive Surgery Using Vacuum-Assisted Closure in Patients With Complex Wounds.

Ayesha Rehman, Ayesha Kausar, Shahan Saleem, Amna Akbar, Adnan Khan, Asghar Abbas, Marriam Khan, Hasnain Ali, Sohail Ahmad

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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.

Ayesha RehmanSurgery, Divisional Headquarter Hospital, Mirpur, PAK.
Ayesha KausarMedicine, Anum Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Shahan SaleemPlastics and Cosmetics, Jinnah Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Center, Lahore, PAK.
Amna AkbarEmergency and Accident, District Headquarter Hospital, Muzaffarabad, PAK.
Adnan KhanMedicine, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, CHN.
Asghar AbbasPathobiology and Biomedical Sciences, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan, Multan, PAK.
Marriam KhanHealth, Indus Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Hasnain AliMedicine, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, PAK.
Sohail AhmadMedicine, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, CHN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the results of reconstructive surgery with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy in patients with complex wounds. The sample included 60 patients with a mean age of 53.03 years. The sample was ethnically diverse, with significant representation from various regions, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Indexed as

comorbiditiescomplex woundsreconstructive surgerytreatment outcomesvacuum-assisted closure

Identifiers

PMID39850192
PMCPMC11755389

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