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Trial reportLasers in medical science2018

EMLA cream does not influence efficacy and pain reduction during pulsed-dye laser treatment of port-wine stain: a prospective side-by-side comparison.

Wenxin Yu, Tianyou Wang, Jiafang Zhu, Yajing Qiu, Hui Chen, Yunbo Jin, Xi Yang, Xiaojie Hu, Lei Chang, Yijie Chen and 2 more

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Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenxin YuDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Tianyou WangDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Jiafang ZhuDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Yajing QiuDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Hui ChenDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Yunbo JinDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Xi YangDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Xiaojie HuDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Lei ChangDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Yijie ChenDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Gang MaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China. docmagang@126.com.
Xiaoxi LinDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China. linxiaoxi@126.com.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Second People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EMLA cream was developed to reduce pain during pulsed-dye laser (PDL) treatment; however, no standard assessment for the therapeutic outcomes of PDL with EMLA creams thus far available. This comparative, prospective clinical trial evaluates laser efficacy and pain reduction during PDL treatment with EMLA cream for local topical anesthesia. Nineteen patients with untreated port-wine stain (PWS) were treated using PDL and examined in this study. Treatment specifications included Vbeam® PDL (Candela Corp.), 595-nm wavelength, 9 J/cm

Indexed as

FemaleHumansLasers, DyeLidocaineLidocaine, Prilocaine Drug CombinationMaleMiddle AgedPainPain MeasurementPort-Wine StainPrilocaineProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeLidocaineLidocaine, Prilocaine Drug CombinationPrilocaineEMLA cream dosePain reductionPort-wine stainPulsed-dye laser

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PMID29247433
OpenAlexW2772563530

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