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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2014

Animal models of chronic tympanic membrane perforation: in response to plasminogen initiates and potentiates the healing of acute and chronic tympanic membrane perforations in mice.

Allen Y Wang, Yi Shen, Jeffrey T Wang, Robert H Eikelboom, Rodney J Dilley

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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Histopathological Evaluation of Platelet-Rich Plasma Effect in Acute Tympanic Membrane Perforation.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Allen Y WangEar Sciences Centre, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia. allen.wang@earscience.org.au.
Yi Shen
Jeffrey T Wang
Robert H Eikelboom
Rodney J Dilley
Ear Science Institute Australia · AUUniversity of Western Australia · AUNingbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tympanic membrane perforations (TMP) are relatively common but are typically not treated in their acute stage, as most will heal spontaneously in 7-10 days. Those cases which fail to heal within 3 months are called chronic TMP which attract surgical intervention (e.g. myringoplasty), typically with a temporalis fascia autograft. New materials for the repair of chronic TMP are being developed to address deficiencies in the performance of autografts by undergoing evaluation in animal models prior to clinical study. However, there is currently a lack of ideal chronic TMP animal models available, hindering the development of new treatments. Various techniques and animal species have been investigated for the creation of chronic TMP with varied success. In the present commentary, we bring to the attention of readers the recent report by Shen et al. in Journal of Translational Medicine. The study reported the creation of a chronic TMP animal model in plasminogen gene deficient mice. However, the short observation time (9, 19 days), lack of success rate and the scarcity of solid evidence (e.g. otoscopic & histologic images) to confirm the chronicity of TMP warrant a more thorough discussion.

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PMID24669846
PMCPMC3987050
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