Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30250545›Full record

ArticleOncology letters2018

Analysis of feasibility, safety and effectiveness of ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation of splenic neoplasm.

Na Luo, Yan Wang, Zhe Geng, Xiantao Qin

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Na LuoDepartment of Ultrasonography, The Second People's Hospital of Liaocheng, Linqing, Shandong 252600, P.R. China.
Yan WangDepartment of Ultrasonography, The Second People's Hospital of Liaocheng, Linqing, Shandong 252600, P.R. China.
Zhe GengDepartment of Ultrasonography, The Second People's Hospital of Liaocheng, Linqing, Shandong 252600, P.R. China.
Xiantao QinDepartment of General Surgery, The Second People's Hospital of Liaocheng, Linqing, Shandong 252600, P.R. China.
People’s Hospital of Linqing · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation of splenic neoplasm. A total of 62 patients with splenic neoplasm admitted to Second People's Hospital of Liaocheng between January 2009 and December 2012 were selected, and randomly divided into the observation group (n=31) and control group (n=31). The control group was treated with open ablation, while the observation group was treated with ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation. The splenic hemodynamics and ablation effects of patients after treatment were detected via color Doppler ultrasound. The changes in peripheral blood cell count before treatment, and at 3, 7 and 14 days after treatment were monitored. The side effects and complications were compared between the two groups. Patients were followed up for 5 years to observe the survival rates of the two groups. At 1 week after treatment, the peak velocity of splenic artery in observation group was significantly lower than that in control group, and the diameter, velocity and flow of splenic vein were significantly lower than those in control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the white blood cell and platelet counts in both groups were significantly increased compared with those before treatment, and the counts in observation group were obviously higher than those in control group (P<0.05). There were no significant changes in the red blood cell counts in both groups before and after treatment (P>0.05). The ablation volume, ablation ratio and 1-week shrink ratio in both groups had no significant differences (P>0.05). The incidence rates of side effects and complications in observation group were significantly lower than those in control group (P<0.05). The 5-year survival rates of both groups were >50%, and the survival time and survival rate were not significantly different (P<0.05). The curative effects of open ablation and ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation in the treatment of splenic neoplasm were significant, and the 5-year survival rate of patients was higher; compared with open ablation. The ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation is characterized by the small trauma, lower incidence rates of adverse reactions and complications and better safety, which can increase the peripheral blood cell count, and improve the splenic blood flow and coagulation function, playing a role in the regulation of the patient's body status.

Indexed as

microwave ablationsplenic neoplasmultrasound-guided

Identifiers

PMID30250545
PMCPMC6144625
OpenAlexW2791326431

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.