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ArticleToxins2018

Comment on Ultrasound Guidance for Botulinum Neurotoxin Chemodenervation Procedures.

Bayram Kaymak, Fevziye Ünsal Malas, Murat Kara, Arzu Yağız On, Levent Özçakar

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Article in Toxins, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Intraductal Salivary Gland Infusion With Botulinum Toxin.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bayram KaymakDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara 06100, Turkey. bayramkaymak@yahoo.com.
Fevziye Ünsal MalasAnkara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Center, Ankara 06100, Turkey. fevunsal@hotmail.com.
Murat KaraDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara 06100, Turkey. mkaraftr@yahoo.com.
Arzu Yağız OnDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ege University Medical School, İzmir 35100, Turkey. arzuon@gmail.com.
Levent ÖzçakarDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara 06100, Turkey. lozcakar@yahoo.com.
Hacettepe University · TREge University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, the importance of targeting structures during botulinum neurotoxin applications has been discussed in a variety of disorders, including spasticity and dystonia. In this respect, the advantages of ultrasound imaging to traditional techniques have been emphasized. We would like underscore the importance of ultrasound guidance, with targeting innervation zone(s) of the over-active muscles to achieve effective clinical outcomes. Additionally, we also clarify the difference between the terms-innervation zone (motor end plate) and motor point-which have been used by the authors as if they were the same. Further, we disagree with the authors about the intramuscular botulinum neurotoxin application techniques i.e., in-plane vs. out-of-plane whereby the former is, for sure, superior.

Indexed as

Botulinum ToxinsNerve BlockNeuromuscular AgentsHumansInjections, IntramuscularMuscle SpasticityUltrasonographyBotulinum ToxinsNeuromuscular Agentsbotulinum toxininnervation zoneultrasound

Identifiers

PMID30274173
PMCPMC6215312
OpenAlexW2892527146

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