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ArticleAJR. American journal of roentgenology2019

MRI-Guided Cryoablation of Epidural Malignancies in the Spinal Canal Resulting in Neural Decompression and Regrowth of Bone.

Thomas C Lee, Jeffrey P Guenette, Ziev B Moses, John H Chi

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Article in AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas C Lee1 Division of Neuroradiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB3, Rm 339, Boston, MA 02115.
Jeffrey P Guenette1 Division of Neuroradiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, PBB3, Rm 339, Boston, MA 02115.
Ziev B Moses2 Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
John H Chi2 Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Image Guided Therapy Center - Ultrasound-based sensor system for the monitoring of COVID-19 patientsP41EB015898 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TEMPANY, CLARE M · 2012 to 2021
$18.9M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this article is to describe the use of MRI to safely monitor cryoablation for the treatment of spinal epidural malignancies.

conclusionUse of MRI guidance to monitor percutaneous cryoablation allows ablation margins more distinct than those allowed by heat-based ablation modalities. MRI-guided cryoablation is a feasible option for treating epidural tumors involving the spinal canal, resulting in successful decompression of the tumor away from the spinal cord with regrowth of previously eroded bone around the spinal canal.

Indexed as

Thoracic VertebraeAdultAged, 80 and overCryosurgeryDecompression, SurgicalEpidural NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance Imaging, InterventionalMaleNeurosurgical ProceduresTreatment Outcomecryosurgeryepidural neoplasmsinterventional MRIspinal cord compressionsurgical decompression

Identifiers

PMID30247981
PMCPMC6677247
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