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ArticleHand (New York, N.Y.)2019

Trends and Complications in Open Versus Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release in Private Payer and Medicare Patient Populations.

Sai K Devana, Andrew R Jensen, Kent T Yamaguchi, Anthony D'Oro, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C Wang, Frank A Petrigliano, Casimir Dowd

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In one paragraph

Article in Hand (New York, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Role of Ultrasound Across the Continuum of Care for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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  8. Trends in Open Versus Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release From 2010 to 2021.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024
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  19. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Open or Endoscopic Release Surgery Method?The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2022
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sai K Devana1 University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Andrew R Jensen1 University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Kent T Yamaguchi1 University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Anthony D'Oro2 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Zorica Buser2 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Jeffrey C Wang2 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Frank A Petrigliano1 University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Casimir Dowd1 University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EndoscopyAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarpal Tunnel SyndromeChildDatabases, FactualDecompression, SurgicalFemaleHumansInsurance, HealthMaleMedicareMiddle AgedPostoperative Complicationscarpal tunnel releasecarpal tunnel release complicationsendoscopic carpal tunnel releasemedian nerve injurymedian nerve neuropathyopen carpal tunnel release

Identifiers

PMID29322873
PMCPMC6760088
OpenAlexW2782938636

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.