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ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2018

Subthreshold Photocoagulation Using Endpoint Management in the PASCAL® System for Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema.

Masafumi Hamada, Kishiko Ohkoshi, Keiji Inagaki, Nobuyuki Ebihara, Akira Murakami

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Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Current Treatments for Diabetic Macular Edema.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Masafumi HamadaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4263-2906
Kishiko OhkoshiDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8560, Japan.
Keiji InagakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Nobuyuki EbiharaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6772-6549
Akira MurakamiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated subthreshold photocoagulation using endpoint management (EPM) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). The study enrolled 10 eyes from 10 patients (6 men and 4 women) with DME. The entry criteria included central macular thickness (CMT) ≥ 300

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PMID29651345
PMCPMC5831979

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