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ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2017

Controversy about Management of Hydrocephalus - Shunt vs. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.

Vikas Kumar, Shaam Bodeliwala, Daljit Singh

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Review in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vikas KumarDepartment of Neurosurgery, G. B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, 110002, India.
Shaam BodeliwalaDepartment of Neurosurgery, G. B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, 110002, India.
Daljit SinghDepartment of Neurosurgery, G. B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, 110002, India. drdaljit@hotmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The best management of hydrocephalus is still controversial in the twenty-first century. Shunt treatment for hydrocephalus is the most common procedure performed in neurosurgical practice and is associated with the highest complications rate. But during the last 2 decades, the treatment of hydrocephalus has improved with better shunt devices available today, increased facilities for investigations and newer approaches like endoscopic third ventriculostomy. The recent advances in development of better endoscopes have provided the patient and treating doctor with an option for an alternative surgery for treatment of hydrocephalus.

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Ventriculoperitoneal ShuntVentriculostomyHumansHydrocephalusNeuroimagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedEndoscopic third ventriculostomyHydrocephalusVentriculoatrial shuntVentriculoperitoneal shunt

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