Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28336418›Full record

ReviewChinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi2017

Treatment of cerebrospinal fluid leak after spine surgery.

Zhao Fang, Rong Tian, Yu-Tao Jia, Tian-Tong Xu, Yang Liu

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Review in Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Risk-benefit analysis of wound drain usage in spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis with evidence summary.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhao FangDepartment of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Centre, Tianjin 300121, China.
Rong TianDepartment of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Centre, Tianjin 300121, China. Electronic address: founder2011@163.com.
Yu-Tao JiaDepartment of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Centre, Tianjin 300121, China.
Tian-Tong XuDepartment of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Centre, Tianjin 300121, China.
Yang LiuDepartment of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Centre, Tianjin 300121, China.
Union Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Owing to the complexity of spinal surgery, there is a great prevalence of dural tear causing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage. Many studies focused on suture repair for dural tear to stop CSF leak. Now some new treatment strategies have shown a promising effect that is listed as follows: 1) creating watertight dural closure to stop CSF leak with the help of dural substitute material; and 2) retarding CSF leak by changing pressure difference, including reducing the subarachnoid fluid pressure, increasing the epidural space pressure and both. In fact several methods mentioned above are usually combined to treat CSF leak. However, no update review summarized the relevant studies implemented in recent years. In this review, the authors would compare the effects of different dural closure techniques, and introduce the latest treatment methods and mechanisms.

Indexed as

Blood Patch, EpiduralCerebrospinal Fluid LeakDura MaterHumansSuture TechniquesCerebralspinal fluid leakSpineTherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID28336418
PMCPMC5392710
OpenAlexW2590765362

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