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ArticleSurgery2017

Comparative analysis of radioactive iodine versus thyroidectomy for definitive treatment of Graves disease.

Vincent T Wu, Allison W Lorenzen, Anna C Beck, Vincent J Reid, Sonia L Sugg, James R Howe, Janet H Pollard, Geeta Lal, Ronald J Weigel

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Article in Surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vincent T WuDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Allison W LorenzenDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Anna C BeckDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Vincent J ReidDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Sonia L SuggDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
James R HoweDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Janet H PollardDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Geeta LalDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Ronald J WeigelDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Electronic address: Ronald-Weigel@uiowa.edu.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

University of Iowa Surgical Oncology Training GrantT32CA148062 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WEIGEL, RONALD J · 2010 to 2020
$3.8M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA148062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundManagement of Graves disease includes antithyroid drugs,

methodsThis was a retrospective review of patients undergoing

results

conclusionA higher proportion of pediatric Graves disease patients underwent thyroidectomy than

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultChildCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGraves DiseaseGraves OphthalmopathyHumansIodine RadioisotopesMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentIodine Radioisotopes

Identifiers

PMID27863789
PMCPMC5492886
OpenAlexW2550257036

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