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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2014

Regional anaesthesia techniques for carotid surgery: the state of art.

Alessandra Ciccozzi, Chiara Angeletti, Cristiana Guetti, Joseph Pergolizzi, Paolo Matteo Angeletti, Roberta Mariani, Franco Marinangeli

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Article in Journal of ultrasound, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Cervical plexus block.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessandra CiccozziDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 2, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
Chiara AngelettiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 2, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
Cristiana GuettiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 2, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
Joseph PergolizziDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA ; Department of Anesthesiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington D.C, USA ; Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA USA ; Association of Chronic Pain Patients, Houston, TX USA.
Paolo Matteo AngelettiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 2, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
Roberta MarianiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 2, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
Franco MarinangeliDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 2, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
University of L'Aquila · ITJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis review will analyse some aspects of regional anaesthesia (RA) for carotid endarterectomy (CEA), a surgical procedure which requires a strict monitoring of patient's status. RA remains an important tool for the anaesthesiologist. Some debates remain about type and definition of regional anaesthesia, efficacy and safety of the different cervical block techniques, the right dose, concentration and volume of local anaesthetic, the use of adjuvants, the new perspectives: ultrasonography, the future directions.

methodsA literature search was performed for journal articles in English language in the PubMed Embase and in The Cochrane Library database, from January 2000 to December 2013. The electronic search strategy contained the following medical subject headings and free text terms: local anaesthesia versus general anaesthesia for endarterectomy, superficial and deep cervical block, complications of cervical nerve block, ultrasound guidance of superficial and deep cervical plexus block.

conclusionsThe gold standard for RA will be achieved after overcoming a number of limitations by a more extensive use of ultrasonography, by combining general and regional anaesthesia, including conscious anaesthesia, by defining the appropriate volume, concentration and dosage of local agents and by addition of adjuvants.

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Carotid surgeryCervical plexusLocal anaesthesiaUltrasonography

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PMID25177390
PMCPMC4142128
OpenAlexW1990949183

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