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ReviewWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)2017

[Lipedema: up-to-date of a long forgotten disease].

Uwe Wollina

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Review in Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Differential diagnostics of lipedema and lymphedema : A practical guideline].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018
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  8. Acute edema induced by toluidine blue extravasation-first report.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2019
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uwe WollinaKlinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der TU Dresden, Friedrichstrasse 41, 01067, Dresden, Deutschland. wollina-uw@khdf.de.
Städtisches Klinikum Dresden · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipedema is a chronic disorder of subcutaneous adipose tissue of unknown etiology not uncommon among post-puberty women. The disease has a negative impact on self-esteem, mobility, and quality of life. Lipedema is characterized by symmetrical, disfiguring hyperplastic adipose tissue combined with bruising and pain. Untreated lipedema fosters osteoarthritis, secondary lymphedema, limited mobility, and psychosocial stigmatization. Treatment consists of conservative complex decongestive therapy and surgery by microcannular tumescent liposuction. Liposuction is the only available treatment capable to reduce the pathological adipose tissue durable and to prevent complications.

Indexed as

Combined Modality TherapyDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLipectomyLipedemaLymphedemaQuality of LifeRare DiseasesSelf ConceptSocial StigmaAdipose tissueComplex decongestive therapyLipedemaLiposuctionTumescent anesthesia

Identifiers

PMID28493139
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Registered trials

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