A case of ophthalmomyiasis interna in the Pacific Northwest.

Homer H Chiang, Rasanamar K Sandhu, Justin Baynham, David J Wilson, Andreas K Lauer

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Article in American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed

0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

Ophthalmomyiasis externa: A case report from Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Homer H ChiangUniversity of Vermont College of Medicine, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Given Box 16, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.

Rasanamar K SandhuKaiser Permanente Northwest, Clackamas Eye Care, 12100 Se Stevens Ct Ste 106, Portland, OR 97086, USA.

Justin BaynhamRetina Consultants of Salem, 2450 12th St SE Salem, OR 97302, USA.

David J WilsonOregon Health and Science University, Casey Eye Institute, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239, USA.

Andreas K LauerOregon Health and Science University, Casey Eye Institute, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239, USA.

Oregon Health & Science University · USCalifornia Retina Consultants · USKaiser Permanente · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe report a case of ophthalmomyiasis interna successfully removed OBSERVATIONS: An 84-year-old woman with recent close contact with lambs presented with a new floater. Examination revealed subretinal tracks pathognomonic for ophthalmomyiasis and a larva suspended in the vitreous. The larva was successfully removed CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Aspiration with pars plana vitrectomy can be considered a primary therapeutic modality for botfly larvae suspended in the vitreous. In our case,

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Oestrus ovisOphthalmomyiasis internaSheep botflyVitrectomy

Identifiers

PMID29260045

DOI10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.01.002

PMCPMC5722140

OpenAlexW2583971733

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