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ArticleCase reports in dermatology

The Successful Use of a Novel Microwave Device in the Treatment of a Plantar Wart.

Ivan Robert Bristow, Christopher Webb, Michael Roger Ardern-Jones

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Article in Case reports in dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Microwave therapy for the treatment of plantar warts.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ivan Robert BristowFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Christopher WebbThe Podiatry Centre, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Michael Roger Ardern-JonesFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
University of Southampton · GBCollege of Podiatry · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plantar warts, caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), are a commonly encountered condition presenting in clinic. In adults, an array of various therapies exists, frequently with modest results particularly with plantar lesions. Microwaves have had limited uses for medical purposes. Recently a new portable microwave device has been approved for the treatment of skin lesions. Prior research has demonstrated immuno-stimulatory effects against HPV infection. We report the application of a novel portable medical microwave unit to treat a long-standing plantar wart which had failed to respond to other treatment modalities.

Indexed as

Human papilloma virusInfectionsMicrowaveTreatmentVerrucaeWarts

Identifiers

PMID29033812
PMCPMC5624246
OpenAlexW2739856850

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